Be the catalyst for change.
Empowering women, empowering humanity — Farhan Akhtar
Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights. — Mahnaz Afkhami
Empowering women is key to building a future we want — Amartya Sen
Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world. — Melinda Gates
The empowerment of black women constitutes the empowerment of our entire community. — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Empowered women who reach tough or unconventional positions make CHOICES not sacrifices — Kiran Bedi
The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all. — Forest Whitaker
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise — W. E. B. Du Bois
The most powerful thing is for women not just to be the beneficiaries of the change, but to be agents of it. — Blake Lively
The most beautiful woman in the world is the one who protects and supports other women — Sandra Bullock
Women helping each other - coaching, mentoring, and providing tips - is a great way for us to be our own force. — Indra Nooyi
We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential. — Malala Yousafzai
I think women are very powerful and I think we're more powerful together than separated. — Zendaya
Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men. — Nawal El Saadawi
Women hold up the other half of the sky. — Thomas Sankara
Short Female Empowerment Quotes
Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do. — Nancy Reagan
Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats. — Aretha Franklin
Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known. — Nellie L. McClung
When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious. — Marianne Williamson
If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together. — Queen Rania of Jordan
Women's history is the primary tool for women's emancipation. — Gerda Lerner
Every woman has the power to seduce the world with her
uniqueness, passion and creativity. — Donna Karan
Female Empowerment Image Quotes
Women Empowerment Quotes
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
It is unthinkable that a national government which represents women should ignore the issue of the right of all women to political freedom. — Lucy Burns
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. — Maya Angelou
...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. — Kofi Annan
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. — Madeleine Albright
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft
People must not only hear about the kingdom of GOD, but must see it in actual operation, on a small scale perhaps and in imperfect form, but a real demonstration nevertheless. — Pandita Ramabai
Never dull your shine for somebody else. — Tyra Banks
To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction. — Randa Abdel-Fattah
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. — Mae Jemison
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. — Oprah Winfrey
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. — Ella Fitzgerald
I know the first female astronauts selected were definitely an inspiration to me, and so maybe I will be a role model. — Peggy Whitson
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. — Malala Yousafzai
I guess from my perspective being a female athlete as well, there’s probably not a huge amount of female athlete books out there. — Ellyse Perry
My best successes came on the heels of failures. — Barbara Corcoran
I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back. — Malala Yousafzai
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. — Diane von Furstenberg
Empowering Women Quotes
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. — Misty Copeland
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 — India.Arie
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Nikah is a contract that transfers responsibilities. Therefore know the man you're thinking of marrying, and be sure that he is able to take care of you, more than your dad did. Islam empowers women with honor and dignity. Don't settle for anything less. — Nouman Ali Khan
Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book. — Malala Yousafzai
Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. — Christina Rossetti
No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. — Erma Bombeck
The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference. — Carly Fiorina
It's not your job to like me - it's mine — Byron Katie
Empowerment Quotes
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. — Joyce Meyer
I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions. — John Wesley
Cleanliness & good sanitation in schools is a matter of high importance. — Narendra Modi
Whatever happens, I will not let my cheerfulness be disturbed. Being unhappy won't get me anywhere and will dissipate all my goodness. Why be unhappy about something if you can change it? And if you can't, how will being unhappy help? — Shantideva
Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny. — Michelle Obama
The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the greatest extent possible. When you do that, you have dignity. You have the pride. You can walk about with character and pride no matter in what place you happen to finish. — Billy Mills
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. — Theodore Roosevelt
I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be? — Robert Downey, Jr.
Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps. — Eileen Caddy
Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment. — Barbara Jordan
Women Empowering Women Quotes
It's really important that we stop body shaming people online and on social media. The rude comments under pictures, comparing women in "who looks better" posts - all that does is force us to judge each other. It only sets us back and women, now more than ever, need to empower each other. — Ashley Graham
My feminism, as intended by me, extends to empowering women to make legal choices, not to judge the legal choices they make. My fight is for rights. — Maajid Nawaz
What one person sees as degrading and disgusting and bad for women might make some women feel empowered and beautiful and strong. — Sasha Grey
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. — Marianne Williamson
You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped. — Melinda Gates
The liberated woman is not that modern doll who wears make-up and tasteless clothes. ....The liberation woman is a person who believes that she is as human as a man. The liberated woman does not insist on her freedom so as to abuse it. — Ghada al-Samman
I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. — Agnes Macphail
Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind. — Mary Kay Ash
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not. — Lucille Ball
Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as a woman and as a Member of Congress. — Sheila Jackson Lee
Personal Empowerment Quotes
One person can change the world. That person can be you. — Lex Fridman
If you educate a man, you educate one person. If you educate a woman, you educate a whole family. — African Proverbs
Even if it’s not a person’s fault that they’re in the conditions they’re in, it doesn’t serve them to give anything else the power to dictate their life. — Alex Hormozi
Your are more powerful than you know. Do not delay your journey to personal excellence. — Tom Bilyeu
At the end of the day, we’re all founders. — Naval Ravikant
One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment. — Robert E. Quinn
One person can change your life, that person is you. — Steven Bartlett
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint — Oprah Winfrey
The BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate. — Narendra Modi
Loving everything about yourself - even the 'unacceptable' - is an act of personal power. It is the beginning of healing. — Christiane Northrup
Economic Empowerment Quotes
We can't treat the matter of black economic empowerment as just the redistribution of existing wealth. It really has to focus on new investment, on growth, on development of employment and so on and so on. — Thabo Mbeki
Economic equity is an enormous empowerment of women. Having jobs that provide income means that women can be a more effective force, a more equal force, in the political process. Women with income take themselves more seriously and they are taken more seriously. — Betty Friedan
Economic development cannot take a nation forward on its own. We need a society and economy which complement each other. We need to take care of the poor, deprived and left behind sections of society. — Narendra Modi
There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children. — Helene D. Gayle
I think the economic empowerment of women that has been growing over the past decade is at the 'inflection point' with this global recession. Women are, we believe, the solution for their families in their ability to go out and increase household income. — Andrea Jung
I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism. — Patricia Ireland
As an empowerment right, education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalised adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty, and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities. — Koichiro Matsuura
Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell
When I look at founders and CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Brian Chesky at Airbnb and Sebastian Thrun at Udacity, these are companies that are creating extraordinary social good and extraordinary economic and educational empowerment, all within with context of a for-profit model. — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Female Power Quotes
I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. — Ginni Rometty
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' — Eleanor Roosevelt
Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams! — Gabby Douglas
Part of me has always resisted the Western clichéd image of Muslim women, depicting them as nothing more than silent victims. My art, without denying 'repression,' is a testimony to unspoken female power and the continuing protest in Islamic culture. — Shirin Neshat
You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are. — Melissa Etheridge
If, Sir, I possessed the power of conveying unlimited sexual attraction through the potency of my voice, I would not be reduced to accepting a miserable pittance from the BBC for interviewing a faded female in a damp basement. — Gilbert Harding
I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself. — Emma Stone
The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power. — Carol P. Christ
For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different. — Tina Turner
If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency. — Bell Hooks
Empowering Quotes
You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices. — Zaha Hadid
You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them. — Wangari Maathai
Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom. — Nelson Mandela
Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. — Coco Chanel
Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind....Fo r Love not only annihilates our fear of meaninglessness but empowers us to seek the happiness of others. And this indeed is our greatest happiness. — Leo Tolstoy
Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. In fact, God loves you so that you can change. What empowers change, what makes you desirous of change is the experience of love. It is that inherent experience of love that becomes the engine of change. — Richard Rohr
Divide and conquer must become define and empower. — Audre Lorde
I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity. — Jamie Oliver
May God remind us daily-no matter what kind of obstacles we face-that we are loved and empowered by the One who brought the universe into existence with the mere sound of His voice. Nothing is impossible for Him. — Beth Moore
If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that
I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed.
To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them — Jack Welch
Self Empowering Quotes
Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less. — Ken Blanchard
And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness. — Malala Yousafzai
I’m self-made because I was learning, working, exploring, climbing, and moving forward. — Vladimer Botsvadze
Ultimately, I want people to be inspired to go on their own journey of self-discovery. — Hannah Bronfman
Remove those 'I want you to like me' stickers from your forehead and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good -on your mirror! — Susan Jeffers
Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing. — Joy Browne
Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror. — Byron Katie
Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience. — Sonia Choquette
Disaster mitigation... increases the self reliance of people who are at risk - in other words, it is empowering. — Ian Davis
We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored. — Sheryl Sandberg
Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out. — Anita Roddick
A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. — Gloria Steinem
I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.' — Nicki Minaj
The best way to succeed is to discover what you love and find a way to offer it to others. — Oprah Winfrey
Women have always been the strong ones of the world. — Coco Chanel
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want. — Madonna Ciccone
You can go as far as your mind lets you. — Mary Kay Ash
From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I'm into female vengeance. — Rose McGowan
If you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner. — Cher
I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. — Madonna Ciccone
Woman must not accept; she must challenge. — Margaret Sanger
I can't stand [female] characters that are not empowered in a certain way, or at least don't come to a conclusion at the end of the movie where they find empowerment in themselves. — Chloe Grace Moretz
What if more women, mothers, gave birth as an ecstatic celebration of female sexuality? Mothers who do will often declare, "Now I can do anything!" What would the world look like if half of our population felt empowered to make a difference with their lives? — Jeannine Parvati Baker
A man's got to do what a man's got to do. — John Wayne
It's about time that people forget that image of strip clubs as seedy places...Rather, today's clubs are capital-intensive female-empowerment zones. — Demi Moore
Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female' — Diana Vreeland
One thing the humanitarian world doesn't do well is marketing. As a journalist, I get pitched every day by companies that have new products. Meanwhile, you have issues like clean water, literacy for girls, female empowerment. People flinch at the idea of marketing these because marketing sounds like something only companies do. — Nicholas D. Kristof
You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist. — Diane von Furstenberg
Right now the topic of female empowerment is at the forefront of conversation and it's important we take advantage of the trend while there is added pressure to adjust long-standing beliefs, prejudices, and cultural discrimination. — Gillian Anderson
Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men cando." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do. — Gloria Steinem
It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!' — Lily James
Next time, ask: What's the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare. — Audre Lorde
Obviously, the 'Glow' show is a real feminist story. I knew it would be about female empowerment, and that was really exciting to me. Having some distance on a period show, I think you can really delve into those kinds of political topics in an in-depth way, and a lot of that reverberates today. — Alison Brie
Someday there will be girls and women whose name will no longer mean the mere opposite of the male, but something in itself, something that makes one think not of any complement and limit, but only life and reality: the female human being. — Rainer Maria Rilke
'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. — Jason Reitman
Young women now, this generation - girls my age too, but even younger than I am - they're the ones that are going to change the world. They've grown up in such a new way of thinking about women and female empowerment. I grew up with a little bit of that, but teenagers now, those are the girls that are going to make the world a different place for everyone else. — Lucy Hale
I'm a bit of a feminist and very "female empowerment," and women should be able to do what they please. — Laura Vandervoort
I love stories of female empowerment. I love stories of, "Hey, I'm an ordinary person." "No, you're not!" I love stories about not knowing you have it in you, but when called to task, you rise and you find out who you are. — Joseph McGinty Nichol
Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered. — Weili Dai
I don't have time to write a mom blog, but I'm not against it. I think it's great when women talk about things. I'm all about female empowerment. There's a lot of lonely, lost moms out there. Moms need to be encouraged to tell the truth. There's a lot of glamour mommy stuff. It's OK to get real. — Kelly Cutrone
Female empowerment really is important to me. I'm a big nerd of the books from the 15th Century and 16th Century, when the men had all the power and the women had none of it. — Ariel Winter
We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home. — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
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