All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.

The women of Odisha will lead the way in women empowerment in India.

I believe in decentralized management that includes a lot of delegation, empowerment, and accountability.

When I took over, I thought that I must do something for the empowerment of women.

I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all?

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Autonomy leads to empowerment. We work hard to maintain a balance between collaboration and cooperation and independence.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Only you can take inner freedom away from yourself, or give it to yourself. Nobody else can.

In life, there is no real safety except for self-belief.

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

We all have the power to create change. We just have to choose to use it.

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions.

Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges.

If you hate difference, you’ll be bored to death.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free.