1,504 Quotes About Empowerment

The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry her. ... The great man, on the other hand, could marry where he liked, not being restricted to great women; indeed, it was often found sweet and commendable in him to choose a woman of no sort of greatness at all.

No matter what happened yesterday it is insignificant when compared to what lies within the core of your being today.

Make yourself a myth and live within it, so that you belong to no one but yourself.

How would your life be different if…You didn’t allow yourself to be defined by your past? Let today be the day…You stop letting your history interfere with your destiny and awaken to the opportunity to release your greatest self.

The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.

You are not an option, a choice or a soft place to land after a long battle. You were meant to be the one. If you can wrap yourself around the idea that you are something incredible, then you will stop excusing behavior that rapes your very soul. You were never meant to teach someone to love you. You were meant to be loved.

I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self acceptance opened.

Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.