Oprah Winfrey
Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
For me, real power is aligning who you are —that is your personality—with what you were meant to do. That’s your purpose or your calling.”
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Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Oprah Winfrey
Caryl Stern
My voice is my power and I refuse to be silent.”
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Executive Director, Walton Family Foundation
Executive Director, Walton Family Foundation
Caryl Stern
Former Chairman And CEO Of IBM & Co-Chairman, ONETEN
Ginni Rometty
Former Chairman And CEO Of IBM & Co-Chairman, ONETEN
Power is taking powerful action in a moment that could make you feel powerless. Never let anyone define you. Only you define who you are.”
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Ginni Rometty
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Laverne Cox
Actress & Advocate
What I’m beginning to understand is that I have power. I have more power than I ever could have imagined.”
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Power is knowing who you are, what you have to say, and using your voice as a tool in the world. And I don't think that power is given to you. I think that you're born with power and our job is to unlock it.”
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Author & Journalist
Elaine Welteroth
We have to leverage the gifts that we have to make other people's lives better. That is how we should use our power.”
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COO, SpaceX
Gwynne Shotwell
COO, SpaceX
Gwynne Shotwell
Power is the ability to set the agenda and rally people with you in the direction you think is right.”
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President, ECB
Christine Lagarde
President, ECB
Christine Lagarde
Power is not power if you do not know you have it. I’ve seen plenty of powerful women squander a chance at power simply because they waited for someone else to give them permission to have power.”
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Showrunner
Shonda Rhimes
Showrunner
Shonda Rhimes
Once I started to speak out, I realized that there's power in the collective. There's power in other women’s stories.”
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Five-time Olympian, 11-time Olympic medalist, Founder & President, Saysh
Allyson Felix
Five-time Olympian, 11-time Olympic medalist, Founder & President, Saysh
Allyson Felix
2022
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