Quotes about Empowering Others

No matter what government does or does not do, people need to remember the power is in their hands to make their small part of the world better. Set a tone of kindness.

When we were presented with the opportunity to start this group, we were just like, 'Why don't we?' The name stuck. You can also apply it to tons of different things. Why don't we spread positivity? Why don't we love each other?

I will teach people not only how to identify their goals and dreams, but subsequently give them the tools to make those dreams a reality.

I think if you don't give people the tools and the expectations for success, and yet hold them to some value, then you're difficult to work with.

If you want to reach the top, don't run over others. Likely, the only way you'll reach the top is to be carried there by others.

When I was at the top, my mother was helping other girls. I thought it was a beautiful gesture and that I should continue it in her name.

It's about how we can empower ourselves to bring true meaning to our lives and the lives of others in ways most people would consider impossible.

we may not be built for the NFL or Kentucky Derby, but we're surrounded by opportunities every day, everywhere we go. There is no shortage of problems to be solved, needs and desires to be fulfilled, and innovative ways to help others.

We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.

Dear God, Help me build up and not tear down, to encourage and not discourage, and to fan the flames of hope rather than extinguish the sparks of a dream. Amen.

Those who can't help themselves should be assisted to do so. Those who can help themselves should be assisted to additionally help others.

Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.

The essence of leadership is relationship; influencing people to achieve things together that can't be achieved alone.

Stand up for who you are. Respect your Self and ignite the divine sparks in you. Access your powers. Choose your rights and work together with others to bring blessings into the lives.

A woman named Helen Keller fought her way through long, silent darkness. Though she could not see or hear; she taught us to look at and listen to each other. Never waiting for life to get easier, she gave others courage to face their challenges.

how you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up.

In their heroic efforts—going door-to-door to register voters, sitting down at lunch counters, and marching to freedom songs—I saw the possibility of practicing the values my mother had taught me; how you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up. This was true democracy at work—democracy not as a gift from on high, or a division of spoils between interest groups, but rather democracy that was earned, the work of everybody.

If more people spoke up, perhaps things might change.

how you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up. This was true democracy at work—democracy not as a gift from on high, or a division of spoils between interest groups, but rather democracy that was earned, the work of everybody.

you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up.

que cada uno puede reforzar su poder no a base de menoscabar a los demás, sino elevándolos.

I had to ask strangers to join me and one another on real-life projects - fixing up a park, or removing asbestos from a housing project, or starting and after-school program.