Zozibini Tunzi Quotes

No nation can ever be worthy of its existence that cannot take its women along with the men. No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women

We don't need to be men in skirts to have a role in politics. Women can be leaders by being sensitive women.

We are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men, and if we were free and developed, healthy in body and mind, as we should be under natural conditions, our motherhood would be our glory. That function gives women such wisdom and power as no male can possess.

The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.

Women politicians take their job seriously and accomplish their duties diligently and sensitively. Only they can understand the problems of women and act as a sounding board for their concerns.

I've always had that gratitude that I had the opportunity to pursue my potential. So I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'

It's okay, when we as women are in a serving role. But it's not okay, it appears, still, when we have full access to power.

A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.

Women have to be able to look at themselves in the mirror as men do and say, “I see a presidential candidate!”

According to my mother, my wife and my daughter, this world would be a lot better off with women running things.

If we can blast a woman into space, we can launch a woman into the White House.

I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.

I stand here today as the first woman first minister of our country. Every day I hold this office, I will work to ensure that every woman, every wee girl across this country, gets a chance to do what I've done and follow their dream.

It's so great that women are being allowed to be heroes in big things.

I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings because those were broken by a lot of women who came before us. You can be anyone you want to be. You can do anything you want to do.

I think being a young woman is a strength.

I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.

I think that my career and perhaps me being on the International Space Station can really show women and girls and everybody that hey, we're not just sitting at the table, we're leading the table.

I will not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office. For the sake of all of us we cannot let that happen.

My message is very simple: I'm for women, I'm about women, and I want to help create lanes for more of us.