Quotes About Empowerment

We have to be willing to let go of that's just the way it is, even if just for a moment, to consider the possibility that there isn't a way it is or way it isn't. There is the way we choose to act and what we choose to make of circumstances.

I challenge you to move the resources that flow through your life toward your highest commitments and ideals, those things you stand for. I challenge you to hold money as a common trust that we're all responsible for using in ways that nurture and empower us, and all life, our planet, and all future generations. I challenge you to imbue your money with soul—your soul—and let it stand for who you are, your love, your heart, your word, and your humanity.

my deepest intention is to inspire and motivate you to look inside yourself for your own commitments—to ponder your own role in creating the future you want for yourself and for future generations.

to create "a world that works for everyone, with no one and nothing left out.

We can transform our fear and anxiety into commitment and action. That transformation is what interrupts and heals the fear, and it moves the dial on what is causing it.

To deny James an education was attacking principles of liberty and equality upon the only ground which it ought to be supported and equality of rights. If James could not go to school, how could he hope to equip himself to earn a living?

It's impossible to hold up the banners of victim and victory at the same time.

Live from the abundant place that you are loved, and you won't find yourself begging others for scraps of love.

Don't allow the unrealistic demands of others to march freely into your life.

I can't control the things that happen to me each day, but I can control how I think about them. I can say to myself, "I have a choice to have destructive thoughts or constructive thoughts right now. I can wallow in what's wrong and make things worse, or I can ask God for a better perspective to help me see good even when I don't feel good." Indeed, when we gain new perspectives, we can see new ways of thinking.

Replace the negative talk that will hinder you. Replace it with praises for God, who will deliver you.

It is necessary for you not to let pain rewrite your memories. And it's absolutely necessary not to let pain ruin your future.

The only way our faith can strengthen is if we use it.

Live from the abundant place that you are loved, and you won't find yourself begging others for scraps of love.

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others.

Forgiveness is the weapon. Our choices moving forward are the battlefield. Moving on is the journey.

The more we fill ourselves from His life-giving love, the less we will be dictated by the grabby-ness of the flesh.

You can't fake yourself into being okay with what happened. But you can decide that the one who hurt you doesn't get to decide what you do with your memories. Your life can be a graceful combination of beautiful and painful.

Yes, I want to lose weight. But this journey is so much more than just that. It really is about learning to tell myself no and learning to make wiser choices daily. And somehow becoming a woman of self-discipline honors God and helps me live the godly characteristic of self-control.

My ability to heal cannot depend on anyone's choices but my own.

Labels only stick if I let them.

If the enemy can isolate us, he can influence us.

The…destructive…message is that the parents don't trust their children to do what they are supposed to do whether it be learning to fall asleep on their own, figuring out how to safely climb a tree, or remembering to do the homework assignment. This message is especially harmful. Children cannot believe in themselves if the most important people in their lives don't believe in them.

No need to bend under the weight of past mistakes. That kind of bending breaks us.