Quotes About Empowerment

Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.

All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men. But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house. She let out her breath. I loves Harpo, she say. God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead before I let him beat me.

This may feel true for every era, but I believe I am living in a time where disabled people are more visible than ever before. And yet while representation is exciting and important, it is not enough. I want and expect more. We all should expect more. We all deserve more.

We should not make disabled lives subject to debate

These stories do not seek to explain the meaning of disability or to inspire or elicit empathy. Rather, they show disabled people simply being in our own words, by our own accounts. Disability Visibility is also one part of a larger arc in my own story as a human being.

I definitely wanted freedom, but I wasn't yet ready to step into it, embody it, breathe it, own it.

There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn someone is trying' to tear someone down in some way. Everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.

On this part of my journey, I'm at last quieting the noise of our world—removing all the external distractions and opinions and judgments and tuning in to my own voice. I'm recognizing my own power and owning it. I'm finally trusting myself, believing I already have inside me the answers I most crave. And above all, I'm discovering who I am at my core—and becoming, day by day, more myself.

Sometimes you just have to do whats best for yourself.

Elaine Brown's book A Taste of Power. Elaine rose up from an impoverished childhood in North Philly to become the first and only female leader of the Black Panther Party, the '60s political organization formed to challenge police brutality, fight systemic racism, and empower black communities.

But once you finally take sail in your life, you no longer crave a captain.

I swear that I'll never again let someone rob me of my power. It's a promise I still work to keep.

I've spent so many years withholding parts of myself, sacrificing my spirit to make others feel comfortable. But now, I'm done with pretending, with living in a prison of my own creation. I'm done with dimming my light.

longed for solitude, for space and breathing room without the thought of how someone else might be impacted. Traveling with others comes with a daily series of negotiations: Is the room temperature okay? What sites should we visit? What time should we have dinner? Can I sit quietly and read while you go out shopping? On and on. By default, I cater. And rather than feeling the need to accommodate, I wanted the beautiful freedom to choose, to please only myself.

I can show weakness. I can be real. And when I reveal my true heart, not everyone is going to approve. What I know now is that I don't need them to.

At times, my own energy has been saying, "I'm cool with the bare minimum, don't give me more." Without knowing it, I stunted my growth because I was scared to be magnificent and doubtful that I was. If you asked me at age 22 whether I thought I was worthy, I would have answered loud and proud, "Yes!" But it's possible to declare a woman's worth and yet not fully know your own.

Like I said, I wish this world were different. But that doesn't mean I can change it for the better. This year nearly broke me. But it wasn't just the powers that got me through. I found something inside me. I found my voice, and I'm not afraid to use it. So here I am with my head to the sky and my feet on the ground. And I'm not backing down!

I don't have to fit in. None of us does. Our uniqueness isn't a scar, but a beauty mark. What makes us different is also what makes us wildly, boldly, and marvelously who we were born to be.

I don't have to fit in. None of us does. Our uniqueness isn't a scar, but a beauty mark. What makes us different is also what makes us wildly, boldly, and marvelously who we were born to be.

Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned

It has been about realizing that in order for the truth to set me free, I must first be brave enough to birth it.

And when I reveal my true heart, not everyone is going to approve. What I know now is that I don't need them to.

We adjust ourselves to fit, to adapt to others' ideas of who we should be. We shift ourselves not in sweeping pivots, but in movements so tiny that they are hardly perceptible, even in our view. Years can pass before we finally discover that, after handing over our power piece by small piece, we no longer even look like ourselves.

The world can be a challenging place for us women to navigate. We often find ourselves feeling burned out, incapable, and lonely and yet we're still so resilient.