Quotes About Empowerment

It made perfect sense to me. My whole life I'd gone along with somebody else's plans. Not wanting to rock the boat and put myself first. After all, most of the time I didn't know what my own plans were. But the need for my own dream was screaming to get out of me.

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.

While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead." - Mary Kay Ash

What the world thinks of me is none of my business.

If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't you're right.' -Mary Kay Ash

On the abdication of Edward VIII) My mother, then a woman of 34 with three young children, thought it was simply the most romantic story in the world: she also saw it as a tribute to women in general that a woman could wield such power over a king. it meant much more to her - in terms of female empowerment - than carrying placards and placing bombs in letterboxes, as the suffragettes had done.

The people who love us do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. They release the best in us; they shoulder us through the rough times in life; they stretch us beyond the confines of our own experiences to wider visions, to truer vistas.

establish the vision; sell your dream, make it clear and alive; trust your people; don't interfere with their work; and give feedback at critical points.

Leadership is the art of accomplishing goals through other people.

Are there many things in this cool-hearted world so utterly exquisite as the pure love of one woman for another woman?

Put love first. Entertain thoughts that give life. And when a thought or resentment, or hurt, or fear comes your way, have another thought that is more powerful -- a thought that is love.

People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true.

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

To help create positive change in others, you must first find the catalyst for positive change in yourself," Mary Miller, Changing Direction: Ten Choices That Impact Your Dreams (Chapter 1).

Women remember. Our bodies remember. Every part of us remembers that has ever happened. Every touch, every feel, everything is there in our skin, ready to be awakened, revived.

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

I looked her dead in the eyes. Her face changed. If I could have chosen for her to be crying than pull that face again, I would let her drown in her own tears.

I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.

It is much more important to develop people with the expertise to make wise decisions than it is to develop decision-making processes that purportedly think for people. We are also convinced that it is quite possible to develop many people who are able to make wise intuitive decisions.

the critical factor in motivation is not measurement,8 but empowerment: moving decisions to the lowest possible level in an organization while developing the capacity of those people to make decisions wisely.

empowerment: moving decisions to the lowest possible level in an organization while developing the capacity of those people to make decisions wisely.

A mature organization focuses on learning effectively and empowers the people who do the work to make decisions.