Quotes About Empowerment

There wasn't much white people would allow us to do in those days. You could be a schoolteacher or an athlete to get away from the manual labor and servant-type jobs, but there wasn't much else they were going to allow you [to] do.

What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.

Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time

I once heard someone say that it's no so much about finding your voice. It's about having the courage to use it.

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire help to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.

Our culture often expects women in general, and fat women in particular, to confine and limit themselves. We are often discouraged, in many different ways, from moving freely, playfully, and happily in the world. We're not supposed to take up space and be visible and spontaneous and dynamic, colorful or loud or boisterous or rambunctious. Heaven knows we're not supposed to be fierce, physically unafraid, and fully aware of our own physical power.

Du hast deine Furcht überwunden. Das ist weitaus mehr wert, als keine Furcht zu haben.

But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?

A quien se le ha dicho: «Vete y no peques más» (Jn 8, 11), es preciso acompañarle hasta que se encuentra suficientemente fortalecido en su libertad.

Strong students, like strong writers, will find the sustenance they must have. And strong students, like strong writers, will rise in the most unexpected places and times, to wrestle with the internalized violence pressed upon them by their teachers and precursors.

Until you become yourself," Bloom avers, "what benefit can you be to others.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

For as long as you wait for them to make the first move, you will continue to be plagued by the hidden resentments you carry inside.

The author said Frederick Douglass described himself as a "graduate" of slavery with the marks of his diploma on his back.

Do Yourself a Favor—Love Yourself as You Are

Stan, don't let them tell you what to do!

There are many children like Frank in this world—too many kids that have to bypass their youth in order to provide themselves with necessities. Every child deserves a break. I'd like to take part in seeing that they get one.

When Moses says, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?" God answers not by telling Moses who he is, but by telling him who God is, saying, "I will be with you" (Exodus 3:12)

God is the One who is with us when we have to do something we don't think we are capable of doing.

You are not a prisoner of your past; you are the architect of your future.

God does not send the problem. God sends us the strength to deal with the problem.

We can do our best to change people, to summon them to be whom they are capable of being, but ultimately they only people we will always have the power to change will be ourselves.

Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.