“Looking back on it, it never really occurred to me that I couldn’t accomplish anything I wanted to. I think that there’s a lot of credit due my parents—and teachers that I was lucky enough to run into—that I really never did think that I couldn’t do something because I was female. I don’t ever remem…”— Sally Ride, jsc.nasa.gov
“You can either be, unfortunately, so damaged by it that you take a turn for the worse, or you can feel empowered by it and make choices to never go down that route.”— Christina Aguilera, papermag.com
“Sometimes you be so distracted by those that doubt your skills that you end up in a dark space. Well listen, just know there will always be doubters but don’t let them DIM YOUR LIGHT. You keep going & GLOWING.”— Missy Elliott, twitter.com
“Strength is a woman with her hand on the mouth / of behemoth, voice pushed out like birds in all directions.”— Joey de Jesus, blunderbussmag.com
“We tend to disempower ourselves. We tend to believe that we don’t matter. And in the act of taking that idea to ourselves we give everything away to somebody else, to something else.”— Terence McKenna, books.google.com
“It's just, usually in these types of stories, it's the girl with the bow and arrow who does the hard stuff.”— Erin Maher, Kay Reindl, Violet Adams, Liza Koshy, imdb.com
“I know it's hard for you to look at yourself and see the power in you, but I see it, and you're radiant.”— Vanessa Rojas, Sarah Lane, Michelle Monaghan, imdb.com
“But me, I'm not about to start letting these people control me, judge me, tell me how to live my life.”— Jessica Goldberg, Abe Gaines, Rockmond Dunbar, imdb.com
“Yeah, you want control and clarity. You want to be the master of your fate. And you can do it, because you have that much power inside of you.”— John O'Connor, Cal Roberts, Hugh Dancy, imdb.com
“Never mistake a woman's meekness for weakness.”— Margaret Atwood, Wendy Straker, Mrs. Castillo, Zabryna Guevara, imdb.com
“I have had to adjust to new surroundings, meet new people and have been challenged by different situations. All of those experiences, while nerve-wracking at the time, have empowered me to grow stronger.”— Alex Morgan, feelingsuccess.com
“At the end of the day, we’re all in charge of what we bring to our lives. So be the person who brings light to your own, even if nobody else shows up to it. Be the person who has a good day, even if nobody wishes it to them. Find a way to fuel your flame when no one else remembers to, because the wo…”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“Coming out to myself was one of the hardest parts of my journey. Tears were shed, desperate prayers to be changed were prayed. It's been a struggle to accept myself and I couldn't have done it with the help of so many others who have paved the way for me. So, if you're religious and wondering if God…”— Shannon Purser, twitter.com
“She said, ‘You cannot hide forever, though you may try. I’ve seen you in the kitchen, in the garden. I’ve seen the things you have sewn – curtains of dawn, twilight blankets and dresses for the sisters like a garden of stars. I have heard the stories you tell. You are the one who transforms, who cre…”— Francesca Lia Block, amazon.com
“But the woman came to her then. The woman with hair of red like roses, hair of white like snowfall. She was young and old. She was blind and could see everything. She spoke softly, in whispers, but her voice carried across the mountain ranges like sleeping giants, the cities lit like fairies and the…”— Francesca Lia Block, amazon.com