Sharmila Tagore Quotes

When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.

If you teach a girl, you are not just imparting education to a woman but to a family that will later help in nation building.

I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.

Women are emerging as a major force for change. Countries that have invested in girls' education and removed legal barriers that prevent women from achieving their potential are now seeing the benefits.

When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females.

Investing in girls can actually move the needle in communities... and can actually benefit boys, because girls are the mothers of boys.

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it's there that children are born and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone.

We know that if you educate a girl, as the saying goes, you educate a nation. That girl will get married later, she will have fewer children, she's more likely to earn an income, and that income is more likely to be plowed back into the family so that the family benefits.

In inquiring concerning the benefits of the plan proposed, I shall proceed upon the supposition that female seminaries will be patronized throughout our country.

As we've seen time and again, women and girls who are out there working, they are truly force multipliers, spreading opportunity through their families and communities - and not just by creating programs and nonprofit organizations, not just by hiring other women, but also by serving as role models themselves.

As a society, we need to create an environment that encourages women to make the choices that are available to them and encourages them to speak their mind.

Every day, women and girls are finding incredible confidence and taking risks. When they change one mind, pretty soon, they have changed one tradition. That changed tradition has changed a village. That one village has changed a country. That new reality means new opportunities for themselves and their daughters.

To my mind, the education of children - girl children, specifically - is what really creates an enlightened society. It creates a liberal society.

Everything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

By empowering a woman, we empower a child. By educating a girl child, we make it possible for her to grow up to become an empowered woman.

When we know that educating a girl can change the world, why wait?

If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community.

I was raised by a family that there was no, 'You're a girl so you have a limited number of options.' In my community, that was never anything that happened.

I have truly been inspired by the struggle and triumphs of so many women that dare to break new ground in all aspects of society, and those who have pushed the boundaries of human imagination.

Women need to support other women, and we must ensure we are providing women with opportunities that allow them to reach their full potential.

I believe 2016 is the Year of the Woman and now more than ever, it is our time to accomplish anything and everything.

When I say women are the agents of change, I really should say women and girls.

Who runs the world? Girls.