Quotes About Empowerment

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

I don't need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.

Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.

We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.

We say no to the peace that keeps us on our knees, no to the peace that keeps us in chains, no to the false peace that denies the values and contributions of our peoples.

Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign. It does not flourish where there is ignorance and a lack of education and information.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by agreement or by emotional appeal.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.

There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage.

That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so transcend your ego and stay in peace.

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

Human Rights for everyone is the necessary foundation upon which all of us may build a world where everybody may live in peace and serenity and plenty.

I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.

In a malleable world where everything from atoms to cells is changing to match our beliefs, we're limited only by the way we think of ourselves in that world.

Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.

The moment you accept that there's a guidance system supporting you, then you experience a new sense of freedom and peace.

Freedom is dearer than bread or joy.