Quotes About Empowerment

From a shy, timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character, who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.

Self distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength, there is strength, and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

Nothing is more to me than myself.

I have always had a dread of becoming a passenger in life.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.

Don't curse the darkness - light a candle.

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

Humor is my sword and my shield. It protects me. You can open a door with humor and drive a truck right through.

Our mistakes won't irreparably damage our lives unless we let them.

I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing. ... Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money as the smallest part of my resources. I had faith in a living God, faith in myself, and a desire to serve.

What do we teach our children? . . . We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique . . . You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything.

People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.

Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife unless the one is to be sold, and the other to be buried.

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world!

No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do.

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come; you have to get up and make them.

Now, go take on the day!

Ef women want any rights more'n dey got, why don't dey jes' take 'em and not be talkin' about it.

All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise them.

Acting can work a peculiar magic on the actor ... it can cure you (at least for the length of a performance) of a whole variety of ailments. Migraine headaches, miserable colds or toothaches will suddenly disappear as you're up there going through your paces.

Action is the antidote to despair.