Quotes About Empowerment

Leave people alone under a good structure and they will take care of things.

The question is: what would you like to be, a dog or a wolf?

Una heurística sobre si tienes el control de tu vida: ¿puedes echarte siestas?

She discovered the wings she never knew she had.

Belong to yourself, then, like me, said Big Tom. That way, when changes come, you'll always be ready to hold your tail high and move along.

It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.

A mind that trusts itself is light on its feet.

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs.

I accept my aloneness. That is, I accept that no one is coming to make my life right, or save me, or redeem my childhood, or rescue me from the consequences of my choices and actions.

Most of us are capable of more than we believe.

If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a desert island.

I am responsible for my own existence and happiness.

I accept the reality of my problems, but I am not defined by them. My problems are not my essence. My fear, pain, confusion, or mistakes are not my core.

focused on your image in the mirror a few moments longer, and say to yourself, "Whatever my defects or imperfections, I accept myself unreservedly and completely." Stay focused, breathe deeply, and say this over and over again for a minute or two without rushing the process. Allow yourself to experience fully the meaning of your words.

No one is coming to save me; no one is coming to make life right for me; no one is coming to solve my problems. If I don't do something, nothing is going to get better.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship with myself.

take responsibility for finding it. It is only by grace of the second type

I choose to value myself, to treat myself with respect, to stand up for my right to exist.

when we look for solutions, we grow in self-esteem; when we blame (or alibi), we weaken self-esteem.

The obedient student was taught not to challenge authority. The responsible student is prepared to question—and if need be, to challenge—anything.

Our motive is not to prove our worth, but to live our possibilities

And as mind becomes more important, self-esteem becomes more important.

The greatest crime we commit against ourselves is not that we may deny and disown our shortcomings but that we deny and disown our greatness—because it frightens us.

What is needed and demanded today, in the age of the knowledge worker, is not robotic obedience but persons who can think.