Quotes About Empowerment

Forgive others, forgive yourself, forgive yourself for not being perfect, and accept responsibility for your own life.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

She hadn't been given the proper tools to make a real life with, she decided, that was it. She'd been given a can of gravy and a hairbrush and told, "There you go." -- Willing

Every day declare for yourself what you want in life. Declare it as though you have it!

As I say yes to life, life says yes to me!

Loving myself and thinking joyful, happy thoughts is the quickest way to create a wonderful life.

I trust myself, and I trust Life to support and protect me.

And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

Think of the most amazing thing you could possibly do with your life. Then say out loud, 'YES.'

A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts.

I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.

You are embarking on the greatest adventure of your life - to improve your self-image, to create more meaning in your life and in the lives of others. This is your responsibility.

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.

You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.

I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.

I think that humanity is at an all-time low in how we value life, especially among young Black people. We just don't really value each other's lives .

Dream masters create a masterpiece of life; they control the dream by making choices.

Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.

As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact.

What is important in your life is what you decide is important -- and this decision will indelibly create who you are

You can use your life in a very useful and intelligent way. You can very well transform that negative energy into a positive energy that empowers you and makes life meaningful.

I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big a deal.

Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life

You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.