Quotes about Empowering Others

We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.

I would like to help people cook more.

Being a mentor and a leader, I've always urged guys, if you're ever allowed to be a free agent, to take advantage of that opportunity.

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.

I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.

No, I firmly believe in giving my place to another person. We have a lot of talent back home. I don't want to hang on for just the sake of hanging on.

If there's any secret to my success, it's that I just hire people who are smarter and more talented than I am.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business empire... For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that's going to make a real difference to other people's lives.

I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.

My dad would always say, 'Girl, you've been given gifts. Use them.' And what he meant by that was, 'Don't just be successful. Don't just use your talents for your own success. But make a difference with them. Do something significant.' And when I put those two things together, it just causes me to not accept the status quo.

I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.

As one who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.

Everyone has a story that makes me stronger. I know that the work I do is important and I enjoy it, but it is nice to hear the feedback of what we do to inspire others.

Not all leaders are elected, Finn. Some just rise to the occasion.

When you create space for another to thrive, it always unleashes new energies.

Robert A. Heinlein

You don't pay back, you pay forward.

When we first trained people to deal with ability problems, it all seemed so simple. You ask others for their ideas, you get to hear their best thoughts, and they feel empowered. What could be easier? Who could possibly mess this up? As it turns out, there are several ways to go wrong. Here are the top three things not to do.

You give of yourself so that someone else can achieve their goal.

We love purely when we release other people to be who they are.

Treat a person as they are, they will remain so. Treat a person the way that person can be and is capable of being and that person will become as he or she can be and should be.

We must resist impulses to attack people, their credibility or their nature, and focus only on sharing our own positive creations, contributions, ideas and solutions.