Empowerment Quotes

"Y’all got to get together and woman up."

- Ted

"Rupert was a horrible man who built an ivory tower he kept you captive in. But you climbed every single step of that tower on your own."

- Sassy

"If you put your energy into the things you truly love, the universe puts its thing back into you. You’re welcome."

- Zava

"This woman is strong, confident, and powerful. Boss, I tell you, I’d hate to see you and Michelle Obama arm wrestle, but I wouldn’t be able take my eyes off of it either."

- Ted Lasso

"I often say now I don’t have any choice whether or not I have Parkinson’s, but surrounding that non-choice is a million other choices that I can make."

- Michael J. Fox

"Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another."

- Toni Morrison

""I wanted to turn my divorce into a positive. What if I didn’t blame the other person for anything, and held myself 100 percent accountable?""

- Gwyneth Paltrow

""Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.""

- Carol Burnett

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

- Nora Ephron

""I used to hope that you’d bring me flowers. Now I plant my own.""

- Rachel Wolchin

"You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."

- Cesar Chavez

"Every single immigrant we have, undocumented or documented, is a future American. That’s just the truth of it."

- Junot Diaz

"We as women should shine light on our accomplishments and not feel egotistical when we do. It’s a way to let the world know that we as women can accomplish great things!"

- Dolores Huerta

"You and I need to be the decision makers in our own lives and careers."

- Jay Rifenbary

"Be open about your thoughts, ideas, and desires and you will be right with your decisions."

- Auliq Ice

"If it is to be, it is up to me."

- William H. Johnsen

"Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky."

- Sonia Gandhi

"“Change often seems impossible until it is inevitable. Just as we must own our lives, we must own our country. For we, the people, are ultimately in control of America’s story.”"

- Valerie Jarrett

"“This is your democracy—make it—protect it—pass it on. You are ready. Go to it.”"

- Thurgood Marshall

"I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

- Victoria Woodhull

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free."

- Rosa Parks

"No matter who you are, where you're from, your skin color, gender identity: speak yourself."

- RM of BTS

"If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence."

- Shannon L. Alder

"I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it."

- Michael J. Fox

"Coach, is it true that you have so many beautiful dogs in pounds that some get put down for no reason? TED: That is true, Sam. But it’s also something a lot of female singer-songwriters are trying to change."

"I will be the I in KIND."

"Behind every dancer who believes in themselves is a teacher who believed in them first."

- Unknown

"A dance teacher helps her students find the song in their heart the beat in their feet and a passion for life."

- Unknown

"Be the Change that you wish to see in the world."

"Use your wings."