Quotes About Empowerment

One shall become, whenever One wills it so.

There is only one thing one can do if one doesn't like the world they see around them.

To be happy is to have freedom.

To have knowledge is to have freedom.

We will change the world together.

You must first believe your brilliance before you become brilliant.

The point is to make sure that your actions and your words have the right intentions behind them; to maintain the possibility and capacity to uplift, shift, and empower people, yourself included, to head in a better, positive direction

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.

There is nothing more liberating than having your worst fear realized.

There are few things more liberating in life than having your worst fear realized.

Differences can be a strength.

Education is transformational. It changes lives. That is why people work so hard to become educated and why education has always been the key to the American Dream, the force that erases arbitrary divisions of race and class and culture and unlocks every person's God-given potential.

it's good to have female or minority role models. But the important thing is to have mentors who care about you, and they come in all colors.

You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism.

Societies that treat women badly are dangerous societies. The empowerment of women is not only morally right it is also practical in the positive impact it has on so many social ills.

I would rather be ignored than patronized

The fact is, race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident, real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counter productive. I grew up in a family that believed that you might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your reaction to them. There was no room for being a victim or depending on the white man to take care of you.

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

There are no rules in life. Whether it is written down, or spoken by shamans, nothing binds a man beyond himself. Nothing, save the chains he accepts for himself. Laws and traditions mean nothing, if you have the strength.

The Chin have held us down for a long time, but that is over. We ride to war, brother.

Most cannot lead—the idea terrifies them. Yet for those like you and me, there is no greater joy than knowing there is no help coming. The decision is ours alone.

They have kept us apart for a thousand generations, Kachiun. They have ridden us until we were nothing more than savage dogs. That is the past. I have brought us together and they will be trembling. I'll give them cause.

Better to follow a woman's example than mindlessly heed the dictates of men.