Quotes About Empowerment

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways.

Not many women got to live out the daydream of women—to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself.

I may be ugly and clumsy, but one thing I'm not, I'm not retarded.

The Revolution put an end to prostitution by giving women what they wanted: a job and a room of their own. (1983: 61)

Our daughters and sons have burstfrom the marionette showleaving a tangle of stringsand gone into the unlit audience.

I took the lake between my legs.

Low self esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.

If you can remember, worry, or tie your shoe, you can succeed with Psycho-Cybernetics!

There are "standard" convictions which are strongly held by nearly everyone. These are (1) the feeling or belief that one is capable of doing his share, holding up his end of the log, exerting a certain amount of independence, and (2) the belief that there is "something" inside you which should not be allowed to suffer indignities.

Learning the happiness habit, you become a master instead of a slave, or as Robert Louis Stevenson said, "The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.

You are not "inferior." You are not "superior." You are simply "You.

Nothing can work me damage except myself," said St. Bernard.

God sees us as men and women in whom and through whom He can do a great work. He sees us as already serene, confident, and cheerful.

He sees us not as pathetic victims of life, but masters of the art of living; not wanting sympathy, but imparting help to others

The discovery of the real self can rescue a crumbling marriage, recreate a faltering career, and transform victims of "personality failure." On another plane, discovering your real self means the difference between freedom and the compulsions of conformity.

Lecky found that there were two powerful "levers" for changing beliefs and concepts. There are "standard" convictions which are strongly held by nearly everyone. These are (1) the feeling or belief that one is capable of doing his share, holding up his end of the log, exerting a certain amount of independence, and (2) the belief that there is "something" inside you which should not be allowed to suffer indignities.

Just say to yourself: "I am going to imagine myself acting this way now

Psycho-Cybernetics does not say that man is a machine. Rather, it says that man has a machine that he uses.

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In the country of pain we are each alone.

No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.

Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time.

Fashion helps people...Fashion...makes us better people. The right clothes can make you feel great. They can transform you...