Quotes About Empowerment

Lucille Clifton, Adrienne Rich, Ada Limón,

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

Viva la huelga [Long live the strike]!

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984

And we, as human beings, are capable of creating positive changes in our lives through intent."14

I mostri non muoiono. Quello che muore è la paura che t'incutono.

The key to warriorship and the first principle of Shambhala vision is not being afraid of who you are. Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.

The ultimate definition of bravery is not being afraid of who you are.

However, nobody is going to do it for you. You have to begin by yourself, so maybe you should be startled. You should be shocked when you realize that you have been trapped and imprisoned, because then you might do something about it. You have been too naive. You have enjoyed your samsaric life too much. You should have been shocked a long time ago!

There is a very dangerous tendency to lean on one another as we tread the path. If a group of people leans one upon the other, then if one should happen to fall down, everyone falls down. So we do not lean on anyone else. We just walk with each other, side by side, shoulder to shoulder.

the yidam is the expression of one's own basic nature, visualized as a divine form in order to relate with it and express its full potentiality.

I do not want to be a part of a church that can make it without the Holy Spirit.

I found the power to move beyond the steps, to not merely dance the part but to become it.

Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies; for as is a crane among swans, so are ignorant so are ignorant sons in a public assembly.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.

I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.

The first gift is Strength. May you remember to call upon it whenever you need it.

Women's Book of Empowerment: 323 Affirmations That Change Everyday Problems into Moments of Potential.

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.