Empowerment Quotes

To me, power is making things happen without asking for permission. It's affecting the way people perceive themselves and the world around them. It's making people stand up with pride.

We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else's job to take care of me but me.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.

If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar.

I don't need the Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it's liberating, and it's empowering when you feel like, 'Well, I can do that, too.'

If you're a strong female, you don't need permission.

Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.

Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

Don't be a drag. Just be a queen.

You define beauty for yourself, society doesn't define your beauty. Your spirit and your faith defines your beauty.

I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.

You're love is nothing I can't fight. Can't sleep with a man who dims my shine.

I want women -- and men -- to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they're always trying desperately to hide. I want that to become something that they cherish.

I think a lot of people love to convolute what everyone else does in order to disempower women.

The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.

Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you.

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.