Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

Quote by Gloria Steinem

Topics: Empowerment Quotes

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is...

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is...

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all,...

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all,...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.

Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in...

Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of...

If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of...

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...