Quotes About Empowerment

Get in trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.

If not us, then who? If not now, then when?

Learning about the past liberates the learner from oppressions earlier constructions of the past have imposed upon them.

Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can't do?

in truth not of any force to draw those into bondage who have their eyes open

I would rather die on my feet than spend a lifetime on my knees

The motivation of grace will always bear greater fruit than the coercion of demand.

The practice of education is the highest form of intellectual philanthropy.

Destiny is for the weak; strong men build their own lives.

Gradually, he began to understand that the AI community was actually his philosophical enemy. After all, their vision was to replace humans with machines, while he wanted to extend and empower people.

Don't treat people as you think they are, treat them as you think they are capable of becoming.

I refuse to think fear. I will think strong. I will think brave.

There's life in his face again. It occurs to me that this is the best thing I could have done, it's actually a great way to leave, because it's giving Gavin the message that we haven't been defeated, we are up for it, we're young, we're in control of our lives again, we can charge into the future with confidence. When we round the corner of the driveway I take his hand and we run down to the gate together.

Parenting means teaching children to get their own Weet-Bix.

Being brave is a choice you make. You've got to say to yourself: I'm going to think brave. I refuse to think fear or panic.

When you're scared you can either give in to the panic and let your mind fall apart, or you can take charge of your mind and think brave.

My survival was up to me. I had nothing and I had no one. What I did have, I told myself, was my mind, my imagination, my memory, my feelings, my spirit. These were important and powerful things.

Shamanic abilities are generally brought on by a personal crisis

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

A man who is not as evolved as the woman he is with will hold her back, drain her spirit, and prevent the film of her life playing out to its intended conclusion.

We're still waiting, waiting, waiting on the world to change.

Don't take nothing from nobody and don't give anyone reason to take advantage of you in the first place.

Come on, man. What's that about?" U.S. Rep. Cummings

You and I may go to Harvard, we may go to York of England, or go to Al Ahzar in Cairo and get degrees from all of these great seats of learning. But we will never be recognized until we recognize our women.