Quotes About Empowerment

The fastest way out of our fear is through it.

The art of eliminating excuses means embracing the fact that your dreams aren't made or broken by anyone but you.

There can be no significant change in the world unless we first have the courage to change ourselves. In order to change ourselves, we must first believe we can.

I say this because deep in my bones I am that certain everything really is figureoutable. Yes, even if you're starting from scratch. Even if you've already tried and failed. Even if you don't have a clue what the hell you're doing or why things keep going wrong. Even if the world has told you time and time again that you can't. Even if you've been born into extraordinary challenges or find yourself with the deck stacked against you.

She put down her screwdriver, turned to me, and said, "Don't be silly, Ree. Nothing in life is that complicated. You can do whatever you set your mind to if you just roll up your sleeves, get in there, and do it. Everything is figureoutable.

This isn't always possible, but train yourself to move toward discomfort. Put yourself in situations that feel scary and intimidating—that's where the figureoutable magic is!

How can this work me? How can this work for me?

The fact that your beliefs shape your reality is undeniable. They affect you physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially, intellectually, and culturally.

Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that. Haruki Murakami

One of the biggest obstacles that holds us back are those excuses. The little lies we tell ourselves that limit who we are and what we ultimately accomplish.

You might have heard that "fear" is the acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real. Or maybe you roll with the cheeky edition: Fuck Everything and Run. I prefer the more actionable version: Face Everything and Rise.

You are responsible for what you believe, how you feel, and how you behave.

Fear is not the enemy. Waiting to stop feeling afraid is.

Action is the antidote to fear.

Avoidance doesn't extinguish your fear, action does.

Excuses are dream killers. If we allow them, our excuses will keep us locked in a prison of our own making.

Practice becoming aware of what you're thinking (i.e., believing) and know that, at any moment, you get to decide if you want to continue believing that thought.

Nothing in life is that complicated. You can do whatever you set your mind to if you just roll up your sleeves, get in there, and do it. Everything is figureoutable.

Our beliefs either propel us to or prevent us from living to our fullest potential. Our beliefs determine whether we fail or succeed, and how we define success in the first place.

There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says 'no ' then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom.

Show me a woman without guilt and I'll show you a man

Add women, change everything.

Everyone needs to take control of his or her own life by making sense of it. It doesn't matter how conventional or unconventional that process is.

I come from a long line of madwomen, and of this I am proud.