Quotes about Empowering Others

Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are. I have heard you say 'If I were you, I would do this—or that.' 'I' am never 'you'—and my solutions may not be yours.

You can't fight their battles for them, only give them armor." Who

The greatest create of power you have on earth, whether you are an angel, a spirit, a man or woman or child is to help others.

Real leaders don't care [about receiving credit]. If it's about your mission, about spreading the faith, about seeing something happen, not only do you not care about credit, you actually want other people to take credit...There's no record of Martin Luther King, Jr. or Gandhi whining about credit. Credit isn't the point. Change is.

Tearing others down is never as helpful to a movement as building your followers up.

Real change rarely comes from the front of the line. It happens from the middle or even the back. Real change happens when someone who cares steps up and takes what feels like a risk. People follow because they want to, not because you can order them to.

The problem is obvious—if you spend all day hitting the ball back, you'll never end up serving.

It's time to do something else with marketing. To make things better. To cause a change you'd like to see in the world. To grow your project, sure, but mostly to serve the people you care about. The answer to just about every question about work is really the question, "Who can you help?

I hope that's not so simple that it gets ignored, because it's important. It's such an effective idea that it saves children's lives every day. All the Sternins did was find the mom with the healthy kids. And then they helped the others in the village notice what she was doing. They gave that mom a spotlight, encouraging her to keep it up and, more important, encouraging others to follow her lead.

Everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself. The people around you realize this, and they are ready to follow if you're ready to lead.

True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.

Sometimes, you've just got to take a stand. For yourself and for others. -- Bubba

A thousand candles can be lit from one candle, however the life of the original candle is not shortened in the least.

The only important thing in this life is to figure out how to use the experiences that you have to make the world a better place.

What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better life. That's real reward. The million dollars, nothing.

Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains.

Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.

People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going.

That was the definition of management—getting others to do your work for you. And we were the others.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.

It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something.

If not us, then who? If not now, then when?

Don't treat people as you think they are, treat them as you think they are capable of becoming.