Quotes About Empowerment

When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

I've never said this to a girl before." I bit my lip, waiting. "Well..." He looked down. "I'm not sure how to say this." He took a deep breath and announced, "I really like fighting evil with you.

When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.

She shoved her can right under his chin. "Don't mess with seniors," she growled at him.

You know what we learned from living under the rule of Communism?" "No." "We learned to get mad.

And I suddenly understand what to do when bad things come. You don't hide, you don't look away; you get right up on them, you take the reins and you ride.

Since I couldn't be the prettiest girl at the party I could at least make it uncomfortable for the one who was.

Lo que pase depende exclusivamente de ti. Eres tú quien tiene la capacidad de decidir qué quieres cambiar de tu vida

Women must show their public face. We must help to work out our own community problems. We must insist on having equal voices and equal responsibilities. . . In large part, success depends on changing minds at home, in the streets, and at the workplace - not just in legislatures and in the courts. Each and every one of us has and important role to play in completing that task.

How small we are in the universe but, even so, how one small voice can make a difference.

it's better to prepare the speaker than the speech,

Complaining is a way of reinforcing the mindset of scarcity and lack. If something is wrong, take action to set it right rather than complaining.

Once we have lightened the hold of the ego over us, the intention to fulfill our life's purpose becomes less a matter of personal identity and more a strong commitment to make the world a better place.

Shift to belly breathing as often as you can, repeating "Letting go of small mind" on the inbreath and "I am one with Big Mind" on the outbreath.

Today we celebrate both outer freedom and inner freedom.

Carl Jung: "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies.

Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us.

I don't believe in dieting.

Conquering fears, whatever they may be, opens life up—and this life should be as full of different experiences as we can make it. Too many women build fences around themselves, especially as they grow older. They limit themselves, or feel that life has limited them.

I've heard of women who started beauty parlors in a spare room, or thrift shops, or who took courses to become real-estate brokers. Others have special talents or college training that they can put to use on a part-time basis. Any woman can start a childcare center.

People ask me if I turn up at board meetings wearing tailored costumes in muted colors. Oh no, I say. I wear hot and shocking pink and lovely hats. I don't think any man ever did a poor job because he had an attractively dressed woman to look at. In fact, the sight probably challenges him to be his most brilliant self. But when it comes to the routine of the meeting I do exactly what the men do.

Thecla Haldane is a freelance photographer, […] flying around the world in jet aircraft covering news events and wars along with thousands male photographers. […] Her formula is, 'Conduct yourself like a lady, and you're always treated like one.' She's never 'one of the boys.

I learned that the Italians are right. It isn't what happens to us that counts. It's what we do with what happens to us that makes all the difference