Quotes About Empowerment

I cannot say why, but the simple act of reading it aloud allows you to let go of it. Do not forget this. Believe me, it helps. At first it is a very scary thing to do.

To read and to write is to be empowered. No shackle can ultimately hold you.

Once you connect with your mind, you are who you are and you're free.

it is Simone I want to visit in her cramped grave. To thank her for a single line in The Second Sex that I read in my midtwenties. It rang in my head like a bell, tolling the direction to my future. I paraphrase: In order to create, one must be deeply rooted in society. After reading that line I vowed to elbow my way in, to be heard. I knew women had been pushed to the margins.

Writing is egalitarian; it cuts across geographic, class, gender, and racial lines.

Connection with self never felt so good!

You get to make the choice! Which is why we decided that mind body spirit just doesn't cut it. Instead, it is Sprit, Mind & Body!

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care what they think.

Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent.

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.

You don't need to explain me who am I, I know that I am best in my own way.

Stop the B.S. (BLocking Your Spirit) and Start Living a Life You Love!

If you're having a bad day, CHANGE YOUR MIND and have a good day!

Most of us were "socialized" by well-meaning teachers, coaches, and other authority figures who encouraged us to find our place in the world and comfortably fit in rather than build the self-confidence that would help us stand out.

Everything else can be taken from you, but this power to choose what you think, what you remember, and what you believe about yourself is untouchable.

S.I.N.G.L.E Sometimes. I'll. Never. Go. Looking. Either.

A man don't always have to eat what he's standing life. If he wants, a man can fix a meal of his own choosing.

If we do have realistic confidence ... if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities. Self-esteem empowers, energizes, motivates. It inspires us to achieve and allows us to take pleasure and pride in our achievements.

It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem." One of the ways you build self-esteem is by being self-assertive when it is not easy to do so. There are always times when self-assertiveness requires courage, no matter how high your self-esteem.

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers—stern and wild ones—and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.

She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.

you must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

Your life is yours and yours alone. No one has the right to take it from you. That's right- no one. Not even your parents. And if someone wants threatens to take it from you...it's okay to run and never look back. You're more than allowed to protect yourself. Expecting someone to smile and say thank you to their family...when that "family" is stepping all over them- that's just abuse. It's just a curse.

I ain't gonna give up on myself. I'm done with that.