A'Lelia Bundles Quotes

'Elizabeth' is something I've looked to a lot for a strong female leader.

It's a lot of women that was before me, it's a lot of women that's gonna come after me!

I stand on the shoulders of heroines who never sought public acclaim but served as inspirations to the generations that came after them.

It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

I represent the 'Wonder Woman' of the new world.

I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

So much of what I do is about inspiring and empowering women.

I like to play women who blaze trails.

On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?

Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.

Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.

Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.

Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike.

You should bear the unbearable and be a shield for all Japanese women.

Ultimately, the forces of dictatorship and extremism robbed me of my mother, but she lives on as a symbol of hope, a role model for women across the world. She proved beyond a doubt, with her life and relentless courage, that women can certainly do everything.

Being a woman has always been a powerful thing, where history has sometimes dictated otherwise, but I believe that a woman can be compassionate, sensitive, soft, kind.

To those who attack Malala, I say, if you attack one Malala, thousands of Malalas will be born.

There was nothing to aspire to, no one to honor. Sojourner Truth wasn't a big enough role model for me. I couldn't go around abolishing slavery.

I have stood on the shoulders of giants like Billie Jean King, Hillary Clinton, my mother - people who have really empowered and influenced my life in an incredible way.

During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson - two people I've looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.

It's time Pakistani women are able to stand up and hold their oppressors accountable, no matter how strong or influential they are. Don't be scared. They are strong because we are weak - lets change that.

I've written a lot of songs from watching women speak about women empowerment.

Don't be afraid girls. Power's awesome!

I didn't have many role models or interesting women to get stirred up by until Yoko Ono came along.