Empowerment Quotes - Page 5

• If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Funny, Wise

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

  Rosalind Russell

  Life, Beauty, Beautiful

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• Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

  Barbara Jordan

  Education, Keys, Political

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• Women have always been the strong ones of the world.

  Coco Chanel

  Strong Women, Empowering, World

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• Women are leaders everywhere you look - from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Running, Country, Strong Women

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• Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

  Cher

  Inspirational, Courage, Greatness

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• My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Priorities, Political, Economic

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• The religions of the world must be assessed, not on the basis of their convoluted theologies, but in terms of the extent to which they serve as forces of liberation and empowerment.

  Agnivesh

  God, Empowering, World

  Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.

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  Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

  Joseph Conrad

  Funny, Hilarious, Strong Women

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• I just think that knowing about your body at any age, whether it's educating yourself on fertility, getting mammograms, going through puberty - whatever it may be, is really important. I just really encourage women empowerment and being comfortable talking about these issues.

  Khloe Kardashian

  Thinking, Talking, Knowing

  "Khloe Kardashian Talks Body Confidence and Keeping Things Sexy with Lamar". Interview With Carly Cardellino, www.cosmopolitan.com. January 31, 2013.

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• The empowerment of girls and women is an essential tool to preventing the HIV/AIDS emergency from exploding any further

  Ashley Judd

  Girl, Empowering, Essentials

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• The smug complacency of technology adverts disguises a pretty mixed picture, with too many people not connected, too many passive users of technologies designed for interactive, and far too much talk about empowerment but far too little action to make it happen.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Technology, People, Too Much

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• 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.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Empowering, Curiosity

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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• 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

  Long, Important, Pressure

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• Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.

  Margaret Sanger

  Strong Women, Courage, Struggle

  Margaret Sanger (2005). “Woman and the New Race”, p.99, Cosimo, Inc.

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• When we do the best we can, we never know what miracles await.

  Helen Keller

  Strong Women, Independent Women, Best Effort

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

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Motivational, Strong Women, Empowering

  "How Diane von Furstenberg Is Like a Cowboy". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.nytimes.com. June 28, 2013.

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  The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  Quoted in Providence Journal-Bulletin, 8 June 1994

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• Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

  Marie Curie

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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• I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint

  Oprah Winfrey

  Strong Women, Believe, Unique

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• Successful people understand that you don't need to make things complicated.

  Anne McKevitt

  Inspirational, Women, Successful

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  What worries you, masters you.

  John Locke

  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

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

  Beyonce Knowles

  Motivational, Inspiring, Strong Women

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

  Gloria Steinem

  Women, Equality, Empowering

  "Happy 80th, Gloria Steinem" by Kathleen McCartney, www.cnn.com. March 25, 2014.

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