Quotes About Empowerment

Affirmations are statements going beyond the reality of the present into the creation of the future through the words you use in the now.

love and approve of myself. I trust the process of life to bring me my highest good. I deserve the best, and I accept it now.

Say to yourself often, "I'm doing the best I can.

Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. — DON Miguel Ruiz

When people come to me with a problem, I don't care what it is — poor health, lack of money, unfulfilling relationships, or stifled creativity—there is only one thing I ever work on, and that is LOVING THE SELF.

THROAT: I can speak for myself. I express myself freely. I am creative. I speak with love.

I voice my opinions. I speak up for myself. I sing the praises of love and joy. My words are the music of life. I choose the thoughts that express beauty and gratitude. I proclaim my oneness with all of life. I love and appreciate my beautiful voice!

Life wants you to have peace of mind, inner joy, confidence, and an abundance of self-worth and self-love.

We give our power to others and use that excuse as our resistance to changing.

I find that when we really love and accept and APPROVE OF OURSELVES EXACTLY AS WE ARE, then everything in life works.

Blame is about giving away one's power. Responsibility gives us the power to make changes in our lives.

we play the victim role, then we are using our personal power to be helpless. If we decide to accept responsibility, then we don't waste time blaming somebody or something out there.

What is important in this moment is what you are choosing to think and believe and say right now. For

Some people feel guilty for creating illness, or poverty, or problems. They choose to interpret responsibility as guilt.

Loving the self, to me, begins with never ever criticizing ourselves for anything. Criticism locks us into the very pattern we are trying to change.

How many times have we said, "I won't ever do that again!"? Then, before the day is up, we have the piece of cake, smoke the cigarettes, say hateful things to the ones we love, and so on. Then we compound the whole problem by angrily saying to ourselves, "Oh, you have no willpower, no discipline. You're just weak." This only adds to the load of guilt we already carry.

A lot of people, on the other hand, go around saying, "I'm a victim, woe is me. Please, doctor, fix me.

When we want to change a condition, we need to say so. "I am willing to release the pattern within me that is creating this condition." You can say this to yourself over and over every time you think of your illness or problem. The minute you say it, you are stepping out of the victim class. You are no longer helpless; you are acknowledging your own power.

FEET: I stand in truth. I move forward with joy. I have spiritual understanding.

So I refuse to focus on excess weight or on diets. For diets do not work. The only diet that does work is a mental diet — dieting from negative thoughts. I say to clients, "Let us just put that issue to one side for the time being while we work on a few other things first.

New thought patterns (positive affirmations) can heal and relax your body.

HIP: I joyfully move forward supported and sustained by the power of life. I move into my greater good. I am secure. (Arthritis): Love. Forgiveness. I let others be themselves and I am free.

I am now willing to see my own beauty and magnificence.

What was done in the past is done, and it is over now. But this is present time, and you now have the opportunity to treat yourself the way you wish to be treated. A frightened child needs comforting, not scolding. Scolding yourself only makes you more frightened, and there is nowhere to turn.