Quotes About Empowerment

I had my hair down for a long time. I shaved my head, you know, a couple of years ago. And, then, I started to wear my hair short, and I thought that was cool. But, at the same time, I never want to put rules down on me and say, 'OK, I do this for this and this for that.' I just don't like rules. I don't.

Courage is the birthplace of confidence.

Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

I was 19, 20. I didn't know what to do. I knew one thing: I never saw myself on TV or anyone like me, and I wanted to be that for someone else. I think the most courageous thing I did was ask for help.

But to understand what it means to be strong and courageous, Christians should look to the person of Christ.

I tend to choose collaborators who are more courageous than I am. I think it's good for me.

I am drawn to courageous women.

I know Kamala will be a capable, courageous leader for all Americans.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.

When parents ask why there are still so few girls in advanced science and math classes in high school, I tell them, because girls still need way more encouragement than boys to take those courses.

One of my favorite courses to teach is when we go to the Air Force. We've done a few at Air Force bases. What's great about that is that it's a one-week course. It's five days and we work with them for about eight hours a day. We're not only teaching them self-defense, but we're also teaching them how to teach it on base to others.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

Would I like to see more women in the courts? Yep.

We can all play on the court and share the courts with the girls.

I'm all for accountability courts and helping those who need helping.

I was raised by my grandmother, my mom, about five or six aunts and female cousins as well. We were all in one building. I definitely learned how to respect and how to treat women.

There's a lot more to being a woman than being 18 years old on the cover of Maxim magazine.

I think that the fact that we had a trans woman on the cover of 'Vanity Fair'... is only good for the trans community. I can't imagine that the more we talk about this that it's not just doing everybody a lot of good.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

I prefer to be covered. I don't wear a lot of low-cut things. I'd rather keep the attention to my brain, my face.

I'm covered up, but I'm still getting these comments that say I shouldn't be. But the girls who wear the bikinis, they're being told they're too revealing! Enough. It's their body, their choice.

I love myself the way I am, but people will always message me about other people with vitiligo who cover their skin. 'Winnie Harlow, you need to tell them that they need to love themselves the way they are and stop covering their skin!' No! If that's what makes them comfortable and what makes them happy, let them be.

'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.