Quotes on Empowered Women

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow.

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.

Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

You can't shake hands with a closed fist.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.