Quotes About Empowerment

Buying things is only sometimes about owning the things. Buying often is simply about what 50 Cent observed: being ABLE to buy. Having less means hearing "No, you cannot have that," and we loathe being told what we can and cannot do.

You can cage the singer but not the song.

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

You'll know that whatever happens isn't your problem because you no longer have the responsibility to see that others do what they should.

Freedom from exploitation is perhaps the easiest freedom to get. All you have to do is to stop participating in any relationship — of any kind — that doesn't suit you. It

A big philosophical breakthrough for me was the realization that my own freedom was not only possible, but far more important than the establishment of a free society.

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

When you know you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.

To be self-reliant is to recognize that no one else is as concerned about your future as you are and that no one knows as much about you as you do.

I've concentrated upon the things I control, and used that control to remove the restrictions and complications from my life.

He doesn't sacrifice himself for others, nor does he expect others to be sacrificed for him. He takes the third alternative —  he  finds  relationships  that  are  mutually beneficial so that no sacrifice is required.

Everyone begins life as a free person. But as time passes, most people accept the prearranged programs and never stop to realize the freedom they possess. They accept standards and situations that are unsuitable to them.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

Bitterness imprisons life love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life love empowers it. Bitterness sours life love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life love heals it. Bitterness blinds life love anoints its eyes.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Whatever the situation and however disheartening it may be, it is a great hour when a man ceases adopting difficulties as an excuse for despondency and tackles himself as the real problem. No mood need be his master.

School is not a place where students come to listen to lectures, fill in worksheets, and endure boredom. Nor is it a place reserved for those who can tolerate the drab and dirty look of many schools. School is a concept wherein students are welcome to learn and enhance the quality of their lives without fear of intimidation or harm, guided by hospitable and caring people in a clean and orderly environment.

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Such ambitions for their children as most people entertained were reserved for their sons, because it was assumed that the "girls will get married and won't need to know much anyway.

Students should be told how to think, not what to think!

Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.

Put yourself where your strengths can produce results.