Quotes About Empowerment

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

Autonomy in making decisions and the control it gives those that have it over their lives is essential, in his view, for a sense of well-being, social engagement, health

Take a look around," the instructor had advised. "Ask yourself if there's anyone else who is better qualified to do the job. Not in the entire galaxy, but right there, at that point in time. If the answer is 'yes,' ask them to accept command, and do everything you can to support them. If the answer is 'no,' which it will be ninety-nine percent of the time, then take your best shot. That's all any of us can do.

Run your business like you own it. When you trust people to solve problems and make decisions, and then let them go, that's when the magic happens.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

She was the captain of her soul

I can stand on my own feet; I don't need any man's mahogany desk to prop me up

She has had a hard life, but so does every woman.

It is any man's privilege to destroy himself

No move is the wrong move, What? Sometimes any move at all is better than nothin. If you're right, you're one up. If you're wrong you start over. This sittin and waiting for somebody else to make up their mind is for the God-damned birds. You have to take control of your own life.

If you fancy resenting the tedious, I recommend intentional communities, particularly those led by charismatics." "You

You just had to know how to do it, and when to do it, and most important of all, why to do it. Powerful substance like this, Lowell would explain, it wasn't there just for any casual jack-off recreational urge. It was there to allow you to do things. To empower you, he said, so you could do things and, best of all, finish them.

Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.

It wasn't until I was 37 that I grasped the great truth that you've got to write your own books and nobody else's, and then everything followed from there.

I think women are foolish to pretend they're equal to men. They are far superior and always have been.

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men,they are far superior and always have been. -William Golding

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me (Spiegel & Grau, 2015)

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.

You always know what to do, you always know exactly what to do, you always do exactly what's right for you, and the rest of the world can go hang..