Quotes About Empowerment

Our goal is to move from being stuck in survival mode back into blossoming and into life. We want to thrive, not just survive.

You experience a change in how you see yourself, transitioning from feeling like a victim to someone who has not only survived but has healed.

The more you have a sense that you can and will take care of your needs, the less you need these kinds of defensive ways of maintaining boundaries.

I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

I am going to sing lesbian love songs and support gay rights no matter what. The rest is public relations.

I think if I could be any superhero, it'd probably be my mom... but I don't think I'd look too good in high heels, so it's not gonna happen.

God does not demand anything of us that God has not already done. In fact, God does not just ask us to do what God has done; God enables us to take that step.

If you are currently in a relationship in which you are also willing to 'do anything to make him happy,' even at your own expense, I want you to stop reading our book. Mark this page, close the book, and hit yourself over the head with it. Then continue reading.

How do you build self-esteem? You get it by making smart decisions, surviving painful moments, and coming out a stronger woman. For starters, dump anyone who doesn't treat you with respect and avoid such guys in the future...Every time you walk away from the counterfeits of love you get one step closer to the real thing.

When women begin to doubt or ignore the voice of their conscience, they become their own worst enemies. They then even wonder why love seems so elusive.

It is necessary to understand the soul of the woman. All these things, which are meant to liberate the woman: premarital sex, contraception and abortion, have they liberated her or have they enslaved her?

In time, I was able to learn that as long as I could respect and love myself, I wouldn't settle for less from others.

Worse, when a woman insists on playing the role of messiah, she often ends up being pulled into her boyfriend's problems instead of pulling him out of them.

Everyone should be encouraged to start his own business, not just some rare breed that self-identifies as entrepreneurs.

If you're solving someone else's problem, you're constantly stabbing in the dark. When you solve your own problem, the light comes on.

When you build a product or service, you make the call on hundreds of tiny decisions each day. If you're solving someone else's problem, you're constantly stabbing in the dark. When you solve your own problem, the light comes on. You know exactly what the right answer is.

If you're not trusted to work remotely, why are you trusted to do anything at all? If you're held in such low regard, why are you able to talk to customers, write copy for an ad, design the next product, assess insurance claims, or do tax returns?

La clave es ésta: es preciso que todos puedan disponer de todo en todo momento.

When you treat people like children, you get children's work. Yet that's exactly how a lot of companies and managers treat their employees.

if you can't let your employees work from home out of fear they'll slack off without your supervision, you're a babysitter, not a manager.

When you get in that flow of making decision after decision, you build momentum and boost morale. Decisions are progress.

To successfully work with other people, you have to trust each other. A big part of this is trusting people to get their work done wherever they are, without supervision."‡

Today anyone can be in business.

What you do is your legacy. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to make the change you want to see. And don't think it takes a huge team to make that difference either.