Quotes About Empowerment

this in itself was compensation, for it is always easier to lean upon another than to stand alone

That is new-womanish talk," he frowned. "Equal rights, the ballot, and all that.

THE SEVENTH HIGHER LAW IS: When You Raise the Bottom, the Top Rises.

If you want people to grow, you have to let them take risks, and you have to let them fail.

After witnessing a young Indian man throwing a popped grain of some sort at a caged, humiliated mountain lion) That was it. I grabbed his throat and sank my thumb and middle finger into the joint behind his Adam's apple. I did not want to kill him, though, not even hurt him. I just wanted to terrify him so badly that he would never, ever, ever, ever again even presume to think of throwing something at that lion.

The royal Mongol women raced horses, commanded in war, presided as judges over criminal cases, ruled vast territories, and sometimes wrestled men in public sporting competitions. They arrogantly rejected the customs of civilized women of neighboring cultures, such as wearing the veil, binding their feet, or hiding in seclusion.

Khatun Temur, literally "Queen Iron," and Khatun Baatar, "Queen Hero.

Although Genghis Khan recognized the superior leadership abilities of his daughters and left them strategically important parts of his empire, today we cannot even be certain how many daughters he had. In their lifetime they could not be ignored, but when they left the scene, history closed the door behind them and let the dust of centuries cover their tracks. Those Mongol queens were too unusual, too difficult to understand or explain. It seemed more convenient just to erase them. Around

Although Genghis Khan recognized the superior leadership abilities of his daughters and left them strategically important parts of his empire, today we cannot even be certain how many daughters he had.

trouble. As an extension of a married woman's ownership of the cart, the wife handled all issues related to money, barter, or commerce.

A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words: "He can never be happy until his people are happy." He stressed to them the importance of vision, goals, and a plan. "Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others," he told them.

Fate did not hand Genghis Khan his destiny; he made it for himself.

Jack Weatherford

Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence.

Indeed, the biggest winners in the world are those who answer yes to the question, "Am I living the life I choose?

The boss would be present at the beginning of each session, laying out the rationale for the Work-Out. He or she would also commit to two things: to give an on-the-spot yes or no to 75 percent of the recommendations that came out of the session, and to resolve the remaining 25 percent within thirty days. The boss would then disappear until the end of the session, so as not to stifle open discussion, returning only at the end to make good on his or her promise.*

I always follow 4E's wrapped in a 'P

Control your own destiny, or someone else will.

I took everybody, including the dog, for a ride, and we went around the block four or five times, congratulating one another upon our new mobility. I discovered that my former casual attitude of timid acquiescence was not consistent with someone who could drive a car, so I fell gradually into a new personality, swashbuckling and brazen, with a cigarette usually hanging out of one corner of my mouth because I had to keep both hands on the wheel.

As often as not, we forge our own chains. And from those, not even Adonai Himself can free us. We must do it ourselves.

I never forgot, never, that it had been he who, with two words, turned my deadliest flaw to a treasure beyond price.

Non sempre chi accondiscende è debole.

She was oh, so very beautiful to me, and her strength and courage and daring vulnerability only made her the more so.

I just thought: Oh goodness, you can wear nice clothes and get your hair done and still be a feminist and a serious intellectual.