Quotes About Empowerment

Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.

They themselves are makers of themselves.

Man is always the master, even in his weaker and most abandoned state; but in his weakness and degradation he is the foolish master who misgoverns his household.

Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions

But do you really mean to say that outward circumstances do not affect our minds?" I do not say that, but I say this, and know it to be an infallible truth, that circumstances can only affect you in so far as you allow them to do so.

A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances. Nature

Turn the disadvantage to account by utilizing it for the gaining of mental and spiritual strength, and

you are the master of your thought, the molder of your character, and the maker and shaper of your condition, environment, and destiny.

A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts. He can only remain weak, and abject, and miserable by refusing to lift up his thoughts.

The man who sets his whole mind on the doing of each task as it is presented, who puts into it energy and intelligence, shutting all else out from his mind, and striving to do that one thing, no matter how small, completely and perfectly, detaching himself from all reward in his task - that man will every day be acquiring greater command over his mind, and will, by ever- ascending degrees, become at last a man of power - a Master.

he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself.

Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself. That

You will be what you will to be; Let failure find its false content In that poor word, environment, But spirit scorns it, and is free.

Don't accept that others know you better than you know yourself. Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

it is us and only us who can be the architect of our success or future.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

A robust man cannot assist a weaker except that weaker is inclined to be helped, or even then the weak guy must grow to be robust of himself; he ought to, via his very own efforts, broaden the power which he admires in another. None however himself can modify his situation.

Circumstances don't shape us, so much as they reveal us. As the masters of our thoughts, we are the authors of our environments. As the sole gardener of your own mind, you have more power than any other force in shaping your environment and your destiny.

Al enseñar a los hombres y mujeres a ser buenos, les enseño a ser fuertes, libres y autosuficientes.

Un hombre no puede elegir directamente sus circunstancias, pero puede elegir sus pensamientos, y de esta manera indirecta pero segura, darles forma a sus circunstancias.

Un hombre sólo empieza a ser hombre cuando deja de lamentarse y maldecir, y comienza a buscar la justicia oculta que gobierna su vida.

cease to be a slave to self, and no man will have the power to enslave you. As