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Quotes About Empowerment

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~ Nelson Mandela
I am life, I am strength, I am woman.
~ Julia de Burgos
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Of course, I am grateful for my strength. It makes me self-sufficient. When I bought a refrigerator, I carried it myself up the stairs to my apartment on the eighth floor.
~ Aleksandr Karelin
Never let a person's weakness get in the way of their strength.
~ Mike Krzyzewski
Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us.
~ Hudson Taylor
A wound does not destroy us. It activates our self-healing powers. The point is not to "put it behind you" but to keep benefiting from the strength it has awakened.
~ David Richo
We need to redefine strength in men, not as the power over other people, but as forces for justice.
~ Jackson Katz
Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
~ Hermann Hesse
A quiet conscience makes one strong!
~ Anne Frank
Love does not make you weak, because it is the source of all strength, but it makes you see the nothingness of the illusory strength on which you depended before you knew it.
~ Leon Bloy
I always look to my mom for strength and courage when I need it.
~ Dinah-Jane Hansen
Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.
~ Robert Frost
If you grow yourself to become a successful person, in strength of character and mind, you will naturally be successful in anything and everything you do.
~ T. Harv Eker
People say to me, 'Has being a woman helped or hindered your career?' And the answer is yes.
~ Sallie Krawcheck
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.
~ Sarah Dessen
As we follow [the Savior], He blesses us with gifts, talents, and the strength to do His will, allowing us to go beyond our comfort zones and do things we've never before thought possible.
~ Robert D. Hales
I pray God that we shall never use our physical prowess to oppress the human race, but we will use our strength, physically, morally and otherwise to preserve humanity and civilization.
~ Marcus Garvey
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength.
~ Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.
~ Malala Yousafzai
Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.
~ August Wilson
To maintain the ability to admit and grow from our mistakes rather than let them defeat us represents best the inner strength of a people.
~ Haki R. Madhubuti