Quotes About Empowerment

Isaac Asimov got close to the truth when he said in 1974, "Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

God desires that we position ourselves to hear His voice so we can receive the Word that will change our lives forever.

Think of the power we could have if all the energy and effort in the world – or maybe even just your energy and effort? – that goes into drinking were put into resisting, building, creating. Try adding up all the money anarchists in your community have spent on corporate libations, and picture how much musical equipment or bail money or food it could have paid for – instead of funding their war against all of us.

One does not suffer nearly so much from one's inadequacies as from one's unused abilities.

Formative assessments nurture hope and say to students, 'You might not get this yet, but you will. Here is something else you can try that might help you understand and improve.' Formative assessment empowers teachers and students because it gives them specific information about individual performance. When teachers share the information with students, students have a concrete way to improve.

One of the most gratifying things I get as an artist is when people watch me do these different demonstrations, and they in some way feel empowered by what I'm doing so they can confront their own fears. Maybe it's the fear of getting in an elevator maybe it's the fear of going on a plane and seeing the world.

Would you mind taking off your shirt?

There was only one word—you. It applied to all people. Everyone equal. No one higher or lower than anyone else. No one more distant or more familiar. You. They. Me. I. Us. We. There were no words that changed from feminine to masculine and back again depending on the speaker. A person was from New York. Not a woman from New York, not a man from New York. Simply a person.

Profesora Shields explained that in English there was no usted, no tu. There was only one word—you. It applied to all people. Everyone equal. No one higher or lower than anyone else. No one more distant or more familiar. You. They. Me. I. Us. We. There were no words that changed from feminine to masculine and back again depending on the speaker. A person was from New York. Not a woman from New York, not a man from New York. Simply a person.

Si no me quiere tal como soy lo siento mucho, pero no voy a cambiar. Sissi, Emperatriz de Austria

It is dangerous not to believe in yourself and trust in yourself. Because when you do, the things you want the most in your heart can slip away.

Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.

Our job isn't to turn our bulb down to make the person next to us more comfortable. Our job is to turn our bulb up and give the next person permission to do the same. Warren did that.

We're all afraid of being alone, but perhaps the thing you fear the most -not having a boyfriend- may be the thing that will give you the independence you need in order to find real love.

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

It's okay to be afraid. It's not okay to let the fear STOP you.

Oh, get off the cross!" V shouted when I shared my thoughts with her on the phone. "We need the wood!

I was still pondering her comments, when she hit me with the bomb. She said that the only time a woman is ready for a man in her life is when she didn't need one.

Return me to that bitch?" I shouted to the sky. "Fuck you! I can take care of myself!

Leaders must embrace those they need the most versus holding them hostage.

In this I-me society, my job is to get people to buy into something bigger than themselves.

There's a belief that to take care of someone else, or to let someone else take care of you—that both are inherently unfeminist. I don't agree. There's no shame in devoting yourself to another person, as long as he devotes himself to you in return.

It's hard for women to talk about these things, and for the doctors to really talk about it too, and to even have the knowledge of what's going on. That's why I'm doing this and urging women to speak out and talk to their doctors frankly.

If there was a free-floating feeling, I took it on and tried to work it out.