Quotes About Empowerment

the dragon is not slain or even fought against, but drawn out and fearlessly nurtured

Ladies, let me give you some advice. You can throw all your stupid fucking chick-lit, self-help, why-doesn't-he-love-me books out, because this is all you need to know: Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing as "deserving" respect; you get what you demand from people.. if you demand respect, he will either respect you or he won't associate with you. It really is that simple.

Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing as 'deserving' respect; you get what you demand from people.

Ladies let me give you some advice: Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing as "deserving" respect; you get what you demand from people

A SLUG IN BED WILL LOSE HIS HEAD! ARISE, PATHETIC ONE! TLALOC HAS RETURNED TO BEAT YOUR POWERS INTO YOU!

Don't we lose something when everything is done for us?

Wait," Deathbringer said. "Just — remember that you're your own dragon. You don't have to do what you're told. You can at least ask questions.

Wait," Deathbringer said. "Just — remember that you're your own dragon. You don't have to do what you're told. You can at least ask questions." "So I can end up like you?" Flame snapped. "Behind bars, soon to be dumped into a pit of lava? That does sound like great advice.

This just proves what I've always said," Tsunami observed. "Who needs a prophecy to tell you how to make an awesome destiny?

Tui T. Sutherland

Always we should appreciate what we are able to do, and not feel bad about what we haven't done.

It can be so empowering for us to understand, even on a conceptual level, that we are enlightened in our true nature.

There is no other way to reach enlightenment than by recognizing buddha nature and attaining stability in it. Buddhas of the past did that, and the present-day practitioners who will be the buddhas of the future will do so by recognizing their own nature and attaining stability in it. There is no other way. Nobody else can accomplish enlightenment for us or pull us into liberation. It is completely up to ourselves.

Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy

If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center.

organizational clarity allows a company to delegate more effectively and empower its employees with a true sense of confidence.

It's about knowing that in certain moments you have to offer yourself up as a minor sacrifice to help them accomplish what they need to accomplish. Letting them abuse you, on the other hand, would be a terrible disservice. I know it seems like a fine line, but it's a real one, and it can be done.

Within companies that effectively over-communicate, employees at all levels and in all departments understand what the organization is about and how they contribute to its success. They don't spend time speculating on what executives are really thinking, and they don't look for hidden messages among the information they receive.

One of the most difficult challenges for a leader who wants to instill accountability on a team is to encourage and allow the team to serve as the first and primary accountability mechanism.

If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left.

You will not be afraid of all those rough men?' asked Sophie, when Clarissa came down. 'No. As far as I have seen, apart from mere brute strength they are no more formidable than we are. Less so, indeed, since most have that dog-does-not-bite-bitch rule deeply engrained, while nothing of that kind applies to us.

Sometimes when our backs are up against the wall, we can surprise ourselves with what we are truly capable of. We can push off those walls and discover something deep within ourselves. We just have to make sure we do not create walls within ourselves, or between us and other people. Walls are for scaling. Or for knocking down and crumbling.

The stigma of mental illness is first and foremost a social justice issue!

self-stigma is not a person's fault; nor is it a part of the person's illness! If the public did not hold negative and stigmatizing attitudes in the first place, these would never have become internalized, causing people the painful and disabling experience of self-stigma.