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Quotes about Empowering Others

Never do anything for anyone who can just as well do it themself
~ Abraham Lincoln
The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.
~ Abraham Lincoln
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Your greatest contribution to helping other people live their destiny is for you to live your own.
~ Alan Cohen
Leaders often equate themselves with lions, and indulge their desire to dominate when, in fact, the point of leadership is to be secure enough to outgrow the lion within us, and enable and empower those around us. But this is not easy, as anxiety overpowers the best of leaders.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
You should not face the world if you are unable to give to the world
~ Diane Mott Davidson
We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.
~ Dionne Warwick
If you hold a leadership position but are not equipping the saints for the work of service, then you are not a leader.
~ Don Cousins
Always let your inner light shine. By doing so, you not only light a path for yourself, but also light a way for others.
~ Donald L. Hicks
The key to all of life is understanding how to add value to others.
~ Jay Abraham
Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.
~ Greg Louganis
We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.
~ Barry Lopez
Greatness is a life mission being the best is not about being better than anyone else but striving to be the best that you can and bringing out the best in others
~ Dominick Cruz
Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.
~ Randy Pausch
I've been inspired by a shitload of people in my life so if there's ever anybody that I can inspire, to me that's a huge gift. To be able to turn that back around.
~ Joe Rogan
Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone's life in a very positive way are better.
~ Tim Howard
You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life
~ Ann Voskamp
Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
~ Leo Tolstoy
Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person's day, week, or life.
~ Charles R. Swindoll
The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs.
~ Viktor E. Frankl
I should never seek a job in my life, my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job seeker, I am a job giver.
~ Muhammad Yunus
Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.
~ Louie Giglio
Live your life as you see fit. That's not selfish. Selfish is to demand that others live their lives as you see fit.
~ Anthony de Mello
If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and get them looking at themselves differently, it's amazing.
~ Debbie Allen