Quotes About Empowerment

Well child, you may do whatever you like with your suffering. It belongs to you. But i shall tell you what i do with mine. I gasp it by the small hairs, i cast it to the ground and i grind it under the heel of my boot. I suggest you learn to do the same

Virginia Woolf wrote, "Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword.

No more verbal tap-dancing for pennies of affirmation.

Live your life as you wish, my peach, but don't let it bitch up the bloody show.

You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be." This

You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

never delude yourself into believing that you require someone else's blessing (or even their comprehension) in order to make your own creative work. And always remember that people's judgments about you are none of your business.

Defiende tus limitaciones y las harás tuyas

My friend Susan suggested that perhaps I should establish a not-for-profit relief organization called "Divorcées Without Borders.

Maybe because they didn't worry too much about me, I didn't worry too much about me, either.

Those girls are on the road to trouble, I heard an older woman say about us one night, as we were staggering down the street drunk - and that woman was absolutely right. What she didn't understand, though, is that trouble is what we wanted.

Maybe this is a hallmark of privilege: certain well-bred young ladies simply cannot conceive of the possibility that somebody will not be along shortly to rescue them.

It was on the rooftop of our little bridal boutique that I learned this truth: when women are gathered together with no men around, they don't have to be anything in particular; they can just be.

I think it's a might act of human love to remind somebody that they can accomplish things by themselves, and that the world does not automatically owe them any reward, and that they are not as weak and hobbled as they may believe.

So many girls get married for that same reason. Find something else to do with yourself, I say. Gosh, ladies, take up a hobby!

did believe that my behavior made me unusual—because it didn't seem to match the behavior of other women—but I didn't believe that it made me bad.

Ovau teie! Toa hai a'e tau metua i ta 'oe! E 'ore tau 'somore e mae qe ia 'eo! ~ Alma Whittaker

they must live their most creative lives as a means of fighting back against the ruthless furnace of this world.

I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue

There is something magnificent about encouraging someone to step forward into his own self-respect

Another woman, though, who has managed to keep her vibrant career thriving even with three kids, and who sometimes takes her children with her on overseas business trips, said, "Just go for it. It's not that hard. You just have to push against all the forces that tell you what you can't do anymore now that you're a mom.

pareció que no hacía daño a nadie. Y, en todo caso, en la vida de una mujer llega un momento en que se cansa de sentirse culpable todo el rato. A partir de ese momento, es libre de convertirse en quien de verdad es.

Let your intention be freedom from useless suffering. Then, let go.

By all means, do not let me or anyone else ever take away your suffering, if you're committed to it!