Quotes About Empowerment

I learned how important it is to lead and be decisive and to, in a way, empower other people to do their best.

You can't just shuffle people around like they're deck chairs on a ship. You have to help them change their lives, and you have to give them the requisite resources to do so.

Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools.

There are people getting screwed in our country every single second, minute, hour of the day. And if by our work, we can decrease that number, we'll make a difference; we'll be doing our jobs.

Since I was 15 years old I have dedicated my life to serving women.

Whenever I speak to parents or to kids, I always encourage them that if they believe, if they do the work, if they are really dedicated, then they can do it. No matter whether they are a boy or a girl.

So when people tell me that dressing curves is hard, I tell them to look to the 50s as there is an entire decade dedicated to it.

I do find that as a curvy girl, as I guess I've sort of been deemed, I don't think you want to run your curves off, because then you're just not yourself.

I think, deep down, women know that we are the saviors of our families, right?

Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real.

There is no need to feel defeated at 40, 50 or 60. I'm having the greatest time in the second half of my life.

I had the opportunity to take a judo class once, and I've never done that before - except fighting and beating up my brother at home. I decided to stay for the class and I defeated every boy there, so the teacher asked me if I wanted to stay and train more.

We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

I believe in the right to defend yourself.

Sometimes, when I was the only person of color in a room, you had to defend all the people of color everywhere.

Art is freedom. If you defend art, you defend freedom.

In school and college, there have been instances where I wish I knew how to defend myself.

I feel very fortunate to be the face of the women's division on 'Smackdown Live' and defend that championship any opportunity that I get.

I always believe, as a woman, it's powerful to be able to pull your own body weight and be able to defend yourself.

Bring up your daughters with courage. When the future becomes one filled with questions, they might have to fight against it. Women must be able to defend themselves.

I learned how to defend myself at the OSB, not physically but with words.

It's important to not have my sexuality define me.

I live with being bipolar, but it doesn't define me anymore.