Quotes About Empowerment

Hating people who wronged me only kept me in their power. Forgiving them and thanking them for the lessons they taught me, on the other hand set me free to continue on my way.

It is an acknowledged truth that the constancy of a good father during childhood goes a long way to prevent a girl from letting herself get kicked around by jerkface male sadists later in life -- and I am no exception to this rule.

I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.

your heart is a weapon the size of your fist. keep fighting. keep loving

Katniss Everdeen can survive her darkness because she understands the same truth that's expressed in that graffiti in Palestine. Her heart is a weapon, and the way to keep fighting against all the horror and cruelty of the world is to wield that weapon. To keep loving.

Coding gives people the ability to change the world and from my perspective, it's the most important second language and the only language that is global

Focus on what you are good at; delegate all else. Jobs doesn't direct animated movies or woo Wall Street. He concentrates on what he's good at.

But one thing she'd learned was that if a girl didn't ask, a girl wouldn't get.

de kracht ís de Heilige Geest, en niet iets dat Hij schenkt

Take responsibility for making your own life beautiful.

Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.

What can you take from me which is not already yours?

No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.

Learn to love Learn to listen Learn to receive Learn to love yourself Learn to speak your truth Learn how not to be a victim Learn not to let anyone define you Learn how to feel your own mastery Learn how to live with other Humans Learn how to get out of blaming others Learn to move out of duality [drop your karma] Learn to take care of yourself more than others Learn that you deserve to be here, and are not dirty when you are born

My beauty comes from having my own style, living my own way and knowing my own mind.

The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.

I'm a lesbian.

She was unwilling to be a silent victim and fought for herself, loud and strong, not just against her attackers, but against the detective who didn't believe her.

Eden Alternative and the Green House Project

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything.

I've always felt that a manager has achieved a great deal when he's able to motivate one other person. When it comes to making the place run, motivation is everything. You might be able to do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

People always think that we're the dregs and we're the trash and we're the bottoms of the pickle barrel, but we do all right!