Empowerment Quotes

"There’s a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It’s exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don’t cheat yourselves out of this promise."

- Nancy Reagan

"We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better."

- J.K. Rowling

"The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm."

- Fred Dehner

"You control your destiny. You don’t need magic to do it."

- Brave

"As the night gets dark, let your worries fade. Sleep peacefully knowing you've done all you can do for today."

- Roald Dahl

"Democracy is measured not by its leaders doing extraordinary things, but by its citizens doing things extraordinarily well."

- John Maxwell

"When Black women stand up—as they did during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, as they did during the Black liberation era—earth-shaking changes occur."

- Angela Davis

"We do not need magic to change the world, we can carry all the power we need inside ourselves already."

- J.K. Rowling

"Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them."

- Madam C.J. Walker

"Women hold up half the sky."

- Chinese Proverb

"There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child can do instead of on what he cannot do."

- Temple Grandin

"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful."

- Agnes de Mille

"We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends."

- Mary McLeod Bethune

"You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop, and what you reinforce."

- Tony Gaskins

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine."

- Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do good and great things. Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it. believe that no storm is so great that you cannot weather it. Believe in yourself."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

"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

"To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, and raise them to be kind."

- Shannon L. Alder

"One thing that I wish people would stop assuming is that people who experience disability are living off the government. This is not the case at all. We need the assistance to live a normal life like everyone else in the world and we are trying to make something for ourselves with the support we have provided to us."

- Ricky Nelson

"We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives."

- Gary Zukav

"One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique."

- Janelle Monáe

"It’s so empowering to say ‘this isn’t serving me’ and walk away in peace."

- Hafez

"One teacher. One child. One book. One pen. Can change the world."

"Don't let anyone who hasn't been in your shoes tell you how to tie your laces."

"The magic is within you"

"Color with Pride"

"Rejection can break you or build you—the choice is always yours."

"A well-aimed question can unlock doors long hidden by certainty."

"No matter what you decide to do in life, just know that I’ll always be your biggest cheerleader. Happy birthday, to my favorite girl."

"Idk, Idc, Idgaf!"