Quotes About Empowerment

People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.

I used the aspects of being a woman to my advantage, but I worked for myself, not a big corporation, so I was lucky to have the freedom to behave however I liked.

Corporations always are controlling things, and we have the ability every day to do something about that. Every day.

I have endless admiration for people like Chrissie Hynde who've been out as the only girl in a band. I'm not sure that, even as a little Marine Corps brat, I would've been able to deal with that.

Our mom was a super strident, capable, and strong individual. I think because she was a military wife in the Marine Corps, she had to push back the things that she believed, and she had to really scrape and fight to have her space.

When you get out of the Marine Corps, you feel like you can do anything.

I used to be an awful asker. I was the 14-year-old who didn't correct the family I would babysit for when they gave me less money than we had agreed to, because it felt rude and scary.

Growing up, I was always wearing my brother's hand-me-downs, so nothing ever fit me. I told myself whenever I have my own money and my own choice with what I get to wear, it's always going to fit me correctly.

A corset is always challenging.

The power of cosmetics and the effect they can have on one's happiness and confidence is very real.

There had to be something more important than me being comfortable, me being OK, and me being that one person that made it from Stockton. That's why I decided to run for city council in 2012.

'Born to Do It' took a kid out of a council estate and put my mum into a home of her own. It changed my whole family's situation, and all from doing something that I loved.

I left 'Octomom.' I went back to my life as a counselor.

It's not our disabilities, it's our abilities that count.

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

When you've been told in ways large and small your whole life that your voice doesn't matter and that you don't count, it's not an easy thing to get over.

I was someone who thought my vote didn't count.

It would be counterproductive to tell people exactly what they are supposed to do and exactly how they are supposed to do it to a point where they become more concerned about your expectations than about completing their work in a quality way.

In my life, there have been a lot of people who weren't there for me, so to now have people counting on me is awesome.

Education is the cornerstone of our communities and our country.

Sexism is real in this country.

I'm going to try to make happy songs or some political songs, like 'A Country Boy Can Survive' - something people can get excited about.

Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.

We should ensure that a kid from Nash County can get the same great education as a kid from Wake County.