Quotes about Empowering Others

I wanna be a coach on the floor.

If I hadn't gone on the road with Patti LaBelle, then I wouldn't have brought Jay-Z on the road with me. When I saw her leave the stage to change clothes and allow the background singers to keep the show going, I said, 'That's something I wanna do.' So in the middle of my show, I would leave the stage and Jay-Z would come out and rhyme.

I dated a guy and he liked me but I didn't like him. I went through his wardrobe and cleaned out his house and got him to get a new car. He said to me, 'If I give you $10,000, will you find me my wife because I want someone like you?' And within a year, he got married. That was the first match that led to me leaving my corporate job.

Do not withhold good . . . when it is in your power to do it.

Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them. Actually, also, under the very odd conditions of Arabia, your practical work will not be as good as, perhaps, you think it is.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many.

it can be tempting to hoard knowledge, to use it as a way to gain advantage over others. But if we seek to serve our fellow man, we must spread the things we learn as far and wide as possible. To empower the downtrodden, we must put knowledge in their hands.

Rafe made people find something in themselves...(he) made me dream, he saw what I could hope to be, and helped me hope it. He did that to everyone he knew - especially the ones he knew the best." - Danny

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

I want to cause a change with my life, make the world a little better.

I love to give people chances that otherwise wouldn't have them.

People say you can't change the world. But you can change people.

I'm trying to change the world.

I want to help people and change the world.

To me, a life that doesn't change things and touch people's lives is pretty meaningless.

I hope I can help one person and change things, my work will be done.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

I have never been afraid of being in charge, whether I have been coach, manager or caretaker.

It would be an amazing superpower to be able to make every person you meet feel better about the thing that makes them insecure.

A superstar doesn't just use the spotlight for themselves.

I know that when my grandfather crossed the Rio Grande, somebody was there to support him and to fight for him. I know when my dad was discriminated against because he was a Hispanic, somebody opened doors for him, and that's why he opened doors for others. That's what we do as Americans.

Write yourself a permission slip to be surprised by someone's potential. Who knows? One day that person could be you.

We're all bound for the Sky Road, sooner or later. How we walk it depends on how we walked in the world beneath. So you don't sit on your arse whining and waiting for your death to come find you. You go looking for it. Track the fucker down, force the issue. You walk, Archidi, you find the strength to walk, and you keep walking till you drop. Now some men don't have that strength, so you have to lend it to them.