Quotes about Empowering Others

The survival of my own ideas may not be as important as a condition I might create for others' ideas to be realized.

Whenever you notice that you are mulling over your own problems, knotting energy into your body as tension, take that energy and create a gift for others.

If your purpose is to liberate yourself and others into love and freedom, then you should do whatever magnifies the love and freedom in your life and in the lives of those whom your actions affect.

It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.

Meski aku masih seorang pemuda, aku tidak lagi menjadi seorang penerima. Aku sekarang sudah menjadi seorang pemimpin. Aku memiliki pengikut. Aku memiliki nama baik.

There is no fair play in an unbalanced platform. But there is something that you can do about it.

Somebody will look after things. It's none of your business. Forget about it. Let other people do the worrying.

I believe in delegating power.

Sometimes it's better to let people handle their own problems. Sometimes just believing in someone is the best way to stand up for them.

My father had the rare ability to make others feel as though they were the one and only. That they were seen, heard, chosen. He would take you by the hand and say, Come with me, and for a brief or a long moment you might think you were the first person he has ever said this to. That it was you and him against the world.

Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.

Her greatest legacy could not be measured in garments or in words, but in the wisdom she had imparted, in the lives made better because she had touched them.

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it's about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.

[John Larroquette] is very generous as the star of a show. He always made sure that if we had a joke that didn't work or something, he'd fight for the other actors.

You are not going to do most of the work. You shouldn't be doing most of the work... and the way you get out of doing most of the work, is you delegate.

The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

I am great at delegating when someone is doing great work. The problem - and this sounds terrible - is that there are very few people who are strong enough for you to be able to delegate to.

I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life's work shows our children that we don't chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

You should train disciples and followers to work and perform better than you did

Invest your time adding value to others