Quotes About Empowerment

I realized that I could think for myself, and that "The Black Experience" was a myth used to control black people.

As much as some people hate to admit it, and as angry as it makes many black people, the undeniable fact is that the greatest enemies to black progress today are within the black community itself, not in American society at large.

As black people, we must recognize that our real battle is with ourselves, not with society. It is not racism but the civil rights establishment, with its victim-centered mentality and irrational fury at white America that mentally cripples blacks, teaching them to find the means of success outside of themselves in government programs, and urging them to find the origin of their greatest problems in white society.

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.

For me, makeup is about being your best self. If I wake up in a foul mood and have to deal with temper tantrums and an exploding diaper--I know taking 10 minutes to get my game face on will reset my stress levels. It's a chance to check in and remind myself--you got this.

Young women should pave their own path. I find it quite confining to live up to anybody else's expectations of who you should be.

Once my mom passed away, I have nobody to answer to. It's great.

But there is one good thing about hearing your deepest fear spoken out loud - nothing else that made you afraid before will ever seem so large or terrible again.

she was self-educated, like the great majority of women writers once were (including Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf)—haphazardly but effectively.

This book is for everyone who has survived. You are not broken. You can love and be loved, despite what may feel like the eternally brutal nature of the world. Even when you're drowning and so far under, there is always time to reach for someone who will teach you how to breathe again.

You are who you are. Don't be ashamed of yourself. At all. Surround yourself with people who cheer you on.

Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.

Every tear should live its purpose. Don't ever wipe the reason away.

It's not fair that women look in the mirror and feel disgust because of what society has made them believe.

Weight Watchers is not intimidating. It's not a diet. It's a lifestyle.

but we can't allow ourselves to do the work for bullies. Give a girl an insult, she'll feel bad for a day, but teach her to hate her body, she'll feel bad forever.

When I performed at abstinence rallies, people were especially hard on me. I would be wearing the exact same shorts and T-shirts other girls my age wore and get yelled at for dressing sexy.

Give a girl an insult, she'll feel bad for a day, but teach a girl to hate her body and she'll feel bad forever.

Who was I if I had no one to blame for my life but myself?

was truly happy, and at least for that moment, no man could take that from me.

For the next two years, singing was the only time I didn't stutter. I sang for everything I wanted, like some Disney princess making a wish.

You're the only one who has the power to be the best you, I thought. Nobody else can do that for you.

This little tiny whisper of intuition answered. A voice from within spoke up. "It's okay to not be left alone," it said. "The moment people leave you alone, it will be because you stopped standing up for yourself.