Quotes about Empowerment

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

I was a quiet kid on the streets. The loudmouths would push me around but when I was boxing, I was beating them up and it felt good.

I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me.

I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school, and that single-sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women and to not compete with or compare myself as much because we were all allowed to be ourselves and be unique and kind of have our unique strengths.

I'm comfortable in my own skin, no matter how far it's stretched. Ha ha.

We have made great strides, but somehow we've got to create a climate so that everybody can do well, not just some.

Every red stripe in that flag represents the black man's blood that has been shed.

The answer to the problem of inequality is for the people who are fortunate enough to either have been gifted or deserved more to do everything they can to make the communities around them as strong as they possibly can.

I've always said that sexy is having a really strong sense of yourself and never taking yourself too seriously.

I'm far more drawn to performances by strong women than I am to men.

You are stronger than you think.

Doing 'All Good Things' really felt like I was acting for myself rather than anyone else. It gave me a freedom I'd never had before, or knew I had, to do whatever I want to, and to argue my opinions and not just feel like the cute girl on set or the girl in a boy's club. I figured out how I could be both. And it's been different ever since.