Quotes on Women Empowerment

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

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

We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons.

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.

There is no power in the world like that of women ... this most potent constituency we seek to represent, and for their suffrages we sue.

My mustrious lordship, i'll show you what a woman can do

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.

When you speak up about any sense of unfairness or injustice, you're told that you're overreacting, you're too angry, too silly-shut up already. It takes a tremendous amount of fortitude to be able to live in this world as a woman, let alone a woman who wants things to change.

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

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.

There’s a saying in Africa, if you give a woman empowerment, you empower a community, you empower men, you empower man. When women become empowered and live in their strength it’s beneficiary to others, and I think as young women today we sometimes forget that we are standing on the struggle of other women. Those women had to stand up to make a change, and they were not popular, and now we’re making them unpopular again.

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world. Without them the rest [of the world] are not getting to know the whole story.

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

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

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

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

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