Quotes on Empowering Women

Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history - empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn't let that stop me. Black girls rock and can be ballerinas.

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.

I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.

I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

Societies that empower women are less violent in every way.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because i am a queen

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.