Quotes About Empowerment

All of us want to do amazing things for God, but that isn't our job; it is God's job. Our job is simply to consecrate ourselves by yielding our will to His will. And if we do our job, God will do His job.

You don't need wealth or position or power to make a difference. You just need to do the best you can with what you have where you are. And if you are faithful in Babylon, God will bless you in Jerusalem.

Prayer is the way we let go and let God. Prayer is the way we take our hands off and let God put His hands on. Prayer is the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you.

remind them that their failures don't define who they are!

When we suffer, God empowers us to face the worst and become our best.

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.

In the new century science will defeat famine, boredom, and the plague, but . . . vital knowledge will become so elevated that nobody will know how anything works. . . . the good news is that everybody will be empowered; the bad news is nobody will understand why.

was the sum of my experiences. I was my own person. I was who I needed to be, not what someone else wanted me to be.

My father-in-law once wrote a best-seller entitled All You Can Do Is All You Can Do—But All You Can Do Is Enough. I love that title. You see, we can't control the rain; we can pull out an umbrella. We can't control a harsh word leveled at us; we can return with a soft answer.

Strength is not created by adversity; it is merely awakened by it.

And I understand my sisters when they say every woman has a story that's been told a maxim of one soul, maybe less And that is why you'll never hear me call a woman slut, bitch or a dyke, No matter what she does, because I do not blame her I blame the men who have emotionally and physically raped her, I blame these corporations whose images tell them they hate her, And I put my arms on her shoulder and tell her how great to life and to God that SHE created her

Remember: You can't always change the people around you. But you can change the people you're around.

Questioning works better than telling. That's why Will didn't tell Evan, "Don't let your friends get you into trouble." Instead, he asked questions that made Evan think, "Who's likely to get into trouble, and what should I do if it happens?" In other words, Will didn't talk down to Evan, or talk at him. Instead, the two talked side by side emotionally as well as physically.

Until someone says "no" to you, you're not asking for enough.

Fail #1: Coddling

When people have mentors like this, they grow up feeling safe and confident. As a result, they develop a strong core.

When they're faced with new challenges, they think, "I can do this.

self-identity ("This is who I am and the only way I feel confident, competent, and in control").

Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. —JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, INDUSTRIALIST AND PHILANTHROPIST

Then, when you find yourself starting down the rocky road to self-defeat, pause, reflect, and

Even with a great vision, people lose their enthusiasm and fail to accomplish what they're capable of doing if their leaders are dropping the ball.

The smarter you make the people who work for you look, the smarter you are going to look as a manager.

And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything.