Quotes About Empowerment

The City Surveyor had never before heard of disabled people wanting to cross the city as far as Marks & Spencer to buy their own underwear, so he failed to see the need for such an expedition – as if disabled people and their families had no right to venture that far. Injustice spurred us into action. Why should Stephen have to suffer restraints on his lifestyle other than those inflicted by an unkind Nature?

In other words, I am the Brunette Who Keeps Her Head.

I can tell just by looking at her that she needs to know she can push me and that when she does, I won't crumple. I know the look by now. Submissive women who crave dominance need this from time to time, and Diana's no exception. I've likened it to a blind man finding his way in an unfamiliar room; once he knows where the walls are, his boundaries, he can move more freely.

You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.

Design is people.

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

draw on to change the circumstances she found herself in. She'd build a ladder with courage as a rung. Maybe kindness would lift her higher too. It was the image she fell asleep pondering.

A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives.

My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.

Instead of telling him what to do, find ways to involve him in decisions

Offer Acceptable Choices Having choices gives children a sense of power: they have the power to choose one possibility or another.

When your child wants to do something else, you can say, "That isn't one of the choices. You can decide between ________ (repeat the choices available).

when you ask children why homework is important, they will tell you ("so I can learn," "so I will get a better grade"). They can then decide how much time they need and when is the best time for them. (Parents usually want their children to do their homework as soon as they get home from school. Children would usually like some downtime first. When children get some choice, they feel empowered.)

Asking an older child, "Would you like a hug?" or "May I give you a hug?" will help give them a sense of control over their bodies.

True discipline guides, teaches, and invites healthy behavior. As you may have discovered, you can never really control anyone's behavior but your own, and attempts to control your child usually create more problems and power struggles.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true to yourself. That way, no matter what else happens in life, you will always have your self-respect.

You should tell yourself frequently 'I will only react to constructive suggestions.' This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.

You create your own reality

The interior drama, therefore, is always the important one. The "story of your life" is written by you, by each reader of this book. You are the author. There is no reason, therefore, for you to view the drama and feel trapped by it. The power to change your own condition is your own. You have only to exercise it.

I will be unneeded, and gladly so, when you realize that the vitality and reinforcement and joy are your own, and rise from the fountain of your own beings; when you realize that you do not need me for protection, for there is nothing you need protect yourself against.

The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against our degrading education.

The only limits you have are the ones you put on yourself

If you want to become more confidant, you have to change yourself image