Quotes About Empowerment

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

It's a terrible thing to admit, but I'm not sure I know what Women's Lib is.

I never felt an obligation to say every single terrible thing that happened to me.

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

I certainly think Halle Berry's a wonderful role model. She's a terrific stepmother and has shown that in so many beautiful ways and has made such enormous strides for women culturally and such great successes as an actress and philanthropist.

I make it happen. Who bought Alex Haley's book 'Roots' for TV? Me. I hired the director, hired the writer. I put them all together. I'm like the chef. If I mix all the ingredients right, it's going to taste terrific. If I don't, it's not going to come out good.

It seems to me that any reason for people getting more active in running or taking part in politics and government I think is just terrific.

Growing up, I used to think I'd never get on a plane - I was terrified. But when I joined Mis-Teeq, being on a plane was my job. I used to scream on flights. Full-on screams.

I still get terrified if I have to talk in front of a group of people. By having a character to play, it makes it safer.

The thought of being on my own really terrified me. But then I realized being alone is really a cleansing thing.

Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me.

I really like getting the person who is terrified of cooking into the kitchen and showing them that cooking can be both indulgent and fun.

I'd spent life so terrified of failure that when it happened, it was very liberating.

I didn't read a book until I was 31 years old when I was diagnosed with dyslexia. Books terrified me. They made me nervous. Now I know you can travel to the bottom of the ocean or to outer space or anywhere in between without leaving your armchair, and I'm so, so sorry I couldn't read when I was younger.

I remember being on a red carpet and they put the mic to us and asked 'are you feminists?' and we panicked. We were so terrified to speak back then.

There are millions of women all around the world who are in dangerous, terrifying situations. It's up to us as storytellers to give people hope, to let people know that there is a way out.

Being a woman in a male-dominated industry sort of sucks, but it doesn't suck any more than being a woman in the world. My advice? Be terrifying.

India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

You work with the communities to make films. And you just don't go in and take over their territory.

People have now got the ability to speak to each other across continents: to join with each other in communities that are not based simply on territory, streets, but networks; and you've got the possibility of people building alliances right across the world.

Whenever Daesh loses territory, of course this brings me happiness.

Ronda Rousey is a groundbreaker. She is one who charts through territory that has never been explored before and is one of the biggest sports stars in the world, male or female.