Quotes about Empowerment

People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace.

I'm so happy that we're finally hearing the stories and voices of women who make America. We do what we see, not what we're told, so an incomplete story of this country damages everyone.

I think many of the ideas that opened up in the '60s got implemented in the '70s and that certain minority voices that were not being heard in the '60s, like women and gay people, were being heard in the '70s. Black Civil Rights had also found its foothold, and those ideas were also very pertinent.

I know lots of people in Mississippi who have lost their jobs trying to register to vote.

They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us.

The first less is this: take it from me, every vote counts.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

All my life, my church, my family, my friends have always told me to have high self-esteem... to think well of myself. And that's what I've done.

I get so full off of stories that people send in of encouragement.

It is only after you are able to stand on your own feet, or have the confidence that you can stand on your own feet, should you look at doing things such as marriage or setting up a family.

I loved the seventies.

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.