Empowerment Quotes

"If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman."

- Marilyn Monroe

"I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it."

- Marilyn Monroe

"“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”"

- Mahatma Gandhi

"“How wonderful is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”"

- Anne Frank

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

- Alice Walker

"It’s important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued."

- David Platt

"Through us, the power of each child’s story has the opportunity to change our world."

- Nicole Skellenger

"Adoption means I have a license to parent. Literally."

- Nicole, adoptive mother

"How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants rather than to create it herself."

- Anais Nin

"I am woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that’s me."

- Maya Angelou

"Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights."

- Hillary Clinton

"Each time a woman stands up for herself she stands up for all women."

- Maya Angelou

"There’s something so special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness and the nerve to never take no for an answer."

- Rihanna

"I encourage women to step up. Don’t wait for somebody to ask you."

- Reese Witherspoon

"The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble."

- Serena Williams

"Today, we are celebrating the strength, determination, and resilience of women everywhere."

- Michelle Obama

"No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens."

- Michelle Obama

"Women make up more than half of the world’s population and potential, so it is neither just nor practical for their voices, for our voices, to go unheard at the highest levels of decision-making."

- Meghan Markle

"I am a feminist. I’ve been a female for a long time now. It’d be stupid not to be on my own side."

- Maya Angelou

"I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed, and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet."

- Isabel Allende

"Women are the real superheroes."

- Vanessa Paradis

"Women are the heartbeat of humanity."

- DJ Cuppy

"There’s nothing a man can do, that I can’t do better and in heels."

- Ginger Rogers

"The empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description."

- Steve Maraboli

"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."

- Mary Shelley

"Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength."

- G.D. Anderson

"A strong woman understands that gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts."

- Nancy Rathburn

"Where there is a woman there is magic."

- Ntozake Shange

"Women are the backbone of any society."

- Diane Mariechild

"Adoptive parents are the ultimate stewards of love, chosen to nurture and cherish a child as their own."

- Unknown