Quotes About Empowerment

I am not one of those girls who will sit on my bed and crib that nothing is happening with my life and things are not working.

I have played cricket on my own terms.

It would be great to see more Asian women playing cricket at every level.

England is leading the way in women's cricket.

For so long, I was ashamed of my past, and I think that crippled me a lot in having confidence.

A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?

I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.

I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career.

I love it when people criticise me. There is no better feeling than when you make them quiet.

I like to be part of the change I want to see in the world. Not being afraid of criticism is actually a big advantage.

There's a lot of criticism on how an actress is aging. Why do we do that with women? I work with a lot of men who take terrible care of themselves - they drink too much, or they eat too much. We need to allow women to age.

I guess you've just got to take it because there is always going to be negative criticism and positive. But I think both of them can make you stronger.

Everyone can criticize me. I don't listen to them.

I have learned how to say no, and I have to check myself all the time. I'm not great at it still. Women get criticized a lot more for saying no than men do.

I have been criticized lots of times but I don't care. It makes me even stronger.

We used to take it really hard when people criticized us about what we were wearing, but not anymore.

I never cross my legs.

For our first album, we were our own dressers. We didn't have no stylists. We came up with all of the ideas when it came to dressing. At that time, Cross Colours and Jabos were really popular, so we were able to get stuff from them, but we always added accessories.

It had never crossed my mind that a man could think he had the right to stop me from being who I was.

I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd.

You don't need a title or a crown or a sash to be able to stand together with other women.

I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.

You don't have to limit yourself or feel that you've been limited by an act of cruelty.

I have such a huge girl crush on Beyonce.