Quotes About Empowerment

Friendship that is characterized by thoughtful passion ensures that a friend does not lose her Self in the heightened awareness of and attachment to another woman.

Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. "Cool." Thanks, Lord! I really needed that reminder. You're the One in charge of this case anyway, and I know You already have all the answers!

Never let a man know he has the upper hand in your relationship. At least not in the beginning. Never be the first one to say I love you, and until he makes a formal attempt at a commitment, always act like he is just one of the many guys you deal with.

Never compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.

After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle ----- [expletive deleted by the New York Times], maybe they'll have a second thought - that they can be themselves and win.

Don't compromise yourself - you are all you've got.

Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got.

Never compromise yourself..your all you got

There is no terror so powerful as the one never faced.

A?ADAR, TREBUIE S?-I PERMITEM TOTUL? În nici un caz: am transforma un sclav care se plictise?te într-un tiran plictisit. Interzicând, oricum c?lim voin?a m?car în direc?ia autocontrolului ?i renun??rii, îi dezvolt?m creativitatea în activit??i pe un teren îngust, îndemânarea de a se sustrage controlului , îi construim sim?ul critic.

There is an incredible feeling of strength that comes with walking through the fires of Hell and coming out with the prize. The prize, that part of oneself that is rescued, is the confidence that comes with facing down seemingly insurmountable odds and coming out better than when you went in.

They must listen to the words of Booker T. Washington, the former slave who went on to found Tuskeegee Institute: No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced regardless of his own merit or efforts.1337

Roy Innis, chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), denounces the many black leaders who still blame whites for all the woes that befall blacks: With few exceptions, these leaders have failed to recognize or do not accept that the major impediments to black progress have been removed…. The major remaining impediments to the progress of black people today are the evils indigenous to the black community. This is the new civil-rights battleground….1035

Race is not a barrier; it is a choice.

Endless talk about enriched curricula, Head Start, empowerment, Afrocentrism, victimization, special education, dysfunctionality, self-esteem, social justice, role models, etc., fails to recognize the most important fact of all: All too often, the children of indigent, unmarried fifteen-year-olds start life with problems we cannot fix. Government programs cannot take the place of loving, responsible parents.

Elää ja kusta pystyasennossa on vapaan valkoisen miehen perusoikeus.

I cut an inch off of every straw I see, just to make the world suck a little less.

I want to grow a flower for every time someone tells me F*** you." Then I'll go back to that person and pin the flower on their lapel in a gesture of friendship. And while they are looking down on it in astonishment, I'll bunch up my knuckles and punch them in the face.

One day as we were doing our bookwork, a teacher suddenly asked us to help him remove all the desks and chairs from the center of the classroom. Then he sat us all down in a circle, brought out his guitar, and sang songs. We recognized the lyrics—the poems and stories we ourselves had written! After that I wrote more, searching dictionaries for new words to express myself. Every day we walked out of class believing that what we did mattered.

I began to appreciate myself more by breaking the rules. I was putting myself in charge of why I was not going home, so having no home didn't hurt the way pain does when you have no control.

Breaking free of limiting beliefs is like breaking the chains that bind you.

The more you can see options, the quicker you can regain a sense of control.

As it relates to healing the wounds of trauma, it is a journey from helplessness (which is the essence of trauma) to mastery.