Quotes About Empowerment

If you can't go to secondary school, the boys get to go and the girls don't, you're locked into a cycle of poverty, because you don't have a chance.

When I was 12 years old, my pastor came to the church: Dr. Fredrick Samson. And that was revolutionary because he mentored me and I got a chance to see up close the impact of a rhetorical genius.

I'm both challenged and excited. My excitement is: I get a chance to give something back. My challenge is: The shortest seminar I usually do is 50 hours.

When people screw up, give them a second chance.

Where do you go to get permission to make a dent in the Universe ? If you think there's a chance you can make a dent, go !

No one can express who you are and what you stand for more than you do. Don't leave that to chance or others. If you do so, the likelihood of other people misgauging you is high. Take charge!

We will see beauty in the outer world when we are able to see beauty within ourselves. And this is the best thing we can do for ourselves and for the universe.

Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.

Communication is only possible between equals.

When we're each aware of our own Magnificence, we don't feel the need to control others, and we won't allow ourselves to be controlled.

It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

When we judge others we contribute to violence.

Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make the other side suffer.

Provided the development coordinator has a communications medium at least as good as the Internet and knows how to lead without coercion, many heads are inevitably better than one.

You don't have to explain yourself. Let your weakness be yours. Let your strength be everybody's. You understand the principle?

Marshall Rosenberg has a genius for developing and teaching practical skills urgently needed for a less violent, more caring world.

Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs.

The Muslim community should not be treated as a problematic community, but treated as a community that is willing to play its role in the mainstream.

It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act.

The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent or change.

Communication can only take place among equals.

We decentralise permissions over the use of our communications.

Anyone in a position to overcome barriers to free thought and communication should do so.

Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.