1,504 Quotes About Empowerment

Promise me you will pass on the story of the first woman -- in whatever form you wish. It was given to me by women in captivity. They lived an awful state of migration, my grandmothers. Telling origin stories was their act of resistance. I only added on a bit here and a bit there. Stories are critical, Kirabo,' she added thoughtfully. 'The minute we fall silent, someone will fill the silence for us.

You have the strength deep inside you, but you must reach deep and bring it to the surface. True strength is not about what you do for yourself, but what you do for others. How you use your innate toughness to empower the weak and make them strong. You must make them strong of body, mind, and spirit.

The world is changing, Cindergirl, and anyone - I do repeat, anyone- can make something of herself if she puts her mind to it. (pg. 145)

Folks who've hurt people have no business judging folks who hurt people.

Don't try us and get mad when you find out we don't back down.

Y'all know how I'm built, but you don't know why.

Language is powerful to bring life or death. Make a responsible choice to perfect language with words that uplift and empower life.

If the critics in general society only knew just how much women endure, tolerate, withstand, withhold, juggle, wish for, forgive, ignore, mask, understand and accept while wearing the heavy armor of strength, good nature, and courage, words such as weak, incapable and powerless would be stricken from any dialogue in which their qualities are being measured. lizfaublas.com

Women have a high threshold for pain and tough appetites. We bite our tongues, survive heartache, function on one last nerve, pull punches, eat crap, swallow our pride, beat ourselves up, shoulder responsibility while performing the back-breaking task of staying a step ahead while standing tall against everything so we don't fall for anything!