Quotes About Empowerment

We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves.

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

Things will only improve when the people - all of us - say to authorities, 'I will hold you responsible.' We should all be showing up at city council meetings, lighting up every community with activism and mobilization.

The things that make us different, those are our superpowers.

Life can be a lot broader... when you realize one simple thing: And that is that everything around us that we call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can build your own life that other people can live in. So build a life. Don't live one. Build one. Find your opportunity, and always be sexy.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

The only thing holding us back is ourselves.

All of us are mentors. You're mentors right here and now. And one of the things I've always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

We believe that cryptocurrency and the use of blockchain can open up the economy to individuals and groups that have been historically excluded or ignored by the free market and financial institutions.

My object in life is not simply to make money for myself or to spend it on myself in dressing or running around in an automobile, but I love to use a part of what I make in trying to help others.

We use art to combat the dark side of capitalism.

There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.

I can no longer type, so I use TalkingPoint and Dragon Dictate. It's a speech-to-text program, and there's an add-on for talking which some guys came up with.

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.

The world is in your hands, now use it.

We all have challenges. You can let them be obstacles or roadblocks, or you can use them.

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.

The use of sanitary pads and the dos and don'ts should be discussed with openness so as to make a hygienic and healthy life for the women.

The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.

One phrase we use at Stripe is, 'Most tech companies are building cars. Stripe is building roads.'