Quotes About Empowerment

Acreditar significa: libertar em nós o indestrutível, ou mais exactamente, libertar-se, ou mais exactamente, ser indestrutível, ou mais exactamente: ser.

If the enemy could only know that Marcus Garvey is but a John the Baptist in the wilderness, that a greater and more dangerous Marcus Garvey is yet to appear, the Garvey with whom you will have to reckon for the injustice of the present generation.

You - and I have to remind myself of this - are capable beyond your wildest imagination.

I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.

When I think about 'Since U Been Gone,' I think the first thing that comes to mind is 'Livin' On A Prayer' - they're kind of like sisters, a little bit. And 'Call Me Maybe' was so wildly original, and so quirky, and so satisfying.

The number of people who believe in stopping violence in the world is wildly greater than those that want to perpetrate it. When everybody has a smartphone, the ability for people to actually do something about violence goes up significantly.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.

Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.

I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That's the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it'll have to do a lot with teaching.

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be.

Don't be scared to fly high, 'cause it will inspire others.

White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

Find people who will make you better.

Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

If there's one person I looked up to obsessively, it was Will Smith. There wasn't anyone who looked like me on TV in England. 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' was my touchstone.

He could have made a difference. He could have brought real jobs and development to hard working communities that need and deserve those resources. Instead, William Boyland, Jr. worked to glorify one person, and that was himself.

The people I believed in were people like William Lever, the great philanthropic industrialist - self-made men who realised anyone could achieve.

I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.

Women face discrimination in sport the world over. The reason we don't have more Serena Williams is because we don't really have the same facilities and coaching for women that we do for men.