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  A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

  Loretta Young

  Crowds, Empowering Women, Charming

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• Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Socialism of My Conception”

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• Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

  Timothy Leary

  Funny, Hilarious, Girly

  "Third and Possibly the Best 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said". Book by Robert Byrne, No. 40, 1986.

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  As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Successful, Helping Others

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  The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.

  Phyllis Diller

  Football, Motivational Sports, Inspiration

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• Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.

  Stephen Covey

  Self, Initiative, Form

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

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• Those who think only for a year, they sow food grains; those who think for a decade, they plant fruits; But those who think for generations, they prepare humans.

  Narendra Modi

  Thinking, Years, India

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• When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?

  Naomi Klein

  Nike, Inspiration, Voice

  "No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs". Book by Naomi Klein, December 1999.

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  Women have to harness their power - it's absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first 'no.' And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.

  Cher

  Inspirational, Positive, Women

  Interview with Christina Lessa, flattmag.com.

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• Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

  Anais Nin

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.

  Madam C. J. Walker

  Business, Hard Work, Empowering Women

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• Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be.

  Clementine Paddleford

  Inspirational, Strength, Encouraging

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• It is the responsibility of leadership and management to give opportunities and put demands on people which enable them to grow as human beings in their work environment.

  John Harvey-Jones

  Leadership, Responsibility, Opportunity

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• I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

  Martina Navratilova

  Inspirational, Running, Strong Women

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Independent Women

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• To err is human, but it feels divine.

  Mae West

  Funny, Sexy, Clever

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Now, get out there and kick ass!

  Stella McCartney

  Inspirational, Women, Empowering

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• Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit.

  Plato

  Success, Dream, Long

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• Economic freedom is very important for women empowerment. They must be partners in economic development also. I have seen that women are very good at adapting to latest technology. We should link women and technology up-gradation.

  Narendra Modi

  Technology, Important, Development

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• Our Matru Shakti is our pride. Women empowerment is very crucial to our development.

  Narendra Modi

  Pride, India, Development

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• One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Country, Employment, Benefits

  "UN Women Head Michelle Bachelet: ‘Gender Equality Is Good Business’". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.

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• Empowerment of individuals and communities is absolutely central. Getting the community involved in organising their own destiny has got to be a key part of it.

  Michael Marmot

  Destiny, Keys, Community

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• I think that Malcolm X was envisioning, even while he was in the Nation of Islam, a black nationalist progressive strategy toward uniting black people across ideological, class lines, denominational religious lines, Christians, as well as Muslims, to build a strong movement for justice and for empowerment.

  Manning Marable

  Christian, Religious, Strong

  Source: historynewsnetwork.org

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• The National Empowerment Fund we established some time back. And one of the challenges was to build a strong enough asset base for it to operate in a credible manner. And we believe that it can.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Strong, Believe, Challenges

  Source: www.gov.za

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