Empowerment Quotes

"The Lord is sending more exceptional spirits to earth. As a body they excel the average capacity of their forebears. Their potential for personal growth and positive contribution is enormous."

- Elder Richard G. Scott

"As leaders of the Church, there isn’t anything in this world we wouldn’t do that’s right for you. We have great confidence in you. You are not just ordinary young men and young women. You are choice spirits, many of you having been held back in reserve for almost 6,000 years to come forth in this day, at this time, when the temptations, responsibilities, and opportunities are the very greatest."

- President Ezra Taft Benson

"Women challenge the status quo because we are never it."

- Cindy Gallop

"We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do."

- Arlan Hamilton

"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her."

- Yulia Tymoshenko

"Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore."

- Lady Gaga

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it."

- Roseanne Barr

"No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn’t in submission to God!"

- T. D. Jakes

"A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power."

- George Meredith

"When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier."

- Diane von Furstenberg

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

- Margaret Thatcher

"We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored."

- Sheryl Sandberg

"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent."

- Madeleine Albright

"Women must learn to play the game as men do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

- Ayn Rand

"If you believe something needs to exist, if it’s something you want to use yourself, don’t let anyone ever stop you from doing it."

- Tobias Lütke

"Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it. … Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again."

- Steve Jobs

"A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence."

- Sonia Sotomayor

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim."

- Nora Ephron

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any."

- Alice Walker

"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Don’t beg for things. Do it yourself, or else you won’t get anything."

- Renton Thurston

"Don’t live your life making up excuses. The one making your choices is yourself!"

- Mugen

"You can’t sit around envying other people’s worlds. You have to go out and change your own."

- Shinichi Chiaki

"A teacher doesn’t give up on her students just because things get tough."

- Harumi Kiyama

"The strongest actions for a woman is to love herself, be herself and shine amongst those who never believed she could."

"Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. Take charge this Tuesday."

"A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you."

"And my God will supply every need of yours, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus."