Quotes About Empowerment

It is your disability that makes you unique, deprived of the privileges that you are nevertheless entitled to through your birthright, outside the stereotypes of your social position, in spite of it being part of your very flesh.

Triumph belongs to thought. Change your thinking and you change your life! You become new!

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical weakling, wallflower way - that's something I don't want to do. I want to show strength in the women I play, and a journey of some sort.

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.

Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.

The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.

Human beings are inherently endowed with the power to bring out the best possible results from the worst possible circumstances.

Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.

Love that would] break open the hard shell of my lesser self.

In most cases,our so-called limitations are nothing more than our own decision to limit ourselves.

Without a solid sense of self, individuals will remain spiritually enslaved to the group, even if the social system changes.

It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life.

i am referred to as Alexandrina Victoria. But i do not like the name Alexandrina. From now on i wish to be called Victoria.

Men are all very well, and a good husband can be enormously useful, but women like us need something to do.

Charles Dickens collaborated with the heiress and philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts to set up a 'Magdalen House' to train prostitutes in other trades to prepare them for a new life in Australia.

Until the Married Women's Property Act of 1870, everything a married woman earned legally belonged to her husband. It wasn't until the Act of 1882 that she could retain her own property once she was married.

Lists comforted her - they gave her a sense of accomplishment - they meant she had control of something.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

so democracy means more than just going to vote. Democracy means that people should truly have the opportunity to govern their own affairs. The

Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

The main goal of education should always be to learn how to learn, to become an independent thinker.