Quotes About Empowerment

Respect yourself as well as others; make commitments, not excuses, and make every day a fun day.

My cigarettes and I are going outside. At least they show me respect.

Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed.

You have to fight for respect. In life, even cashiers at the supermarket, if they're women, they're differently treated. It's a reality. The reality is not nice; it's not pretty.

Give a man or woman back his self-respect, and in most cases-not all, but most-you also give back that person's ability to think with at least some clarity.

It's amazing what people will do when you see the best in them, when you honor them, when you respect them. It not only strengthens the relationship, but it will help that other person rise higher.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

I want to do entertaining films, where a woman gets the respect of being an actor.

Self respect is impossible without liberty.

And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.

If someone's trying to intimidate me, male or female, I don't respect them enough to be intimidated.

Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

Respect yourself and others will follow suit. Most people will not treat you any better than you treat yourself.

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

People loose tension when they run. The feeling of self respect will almost always increase. You accept yourself a little more.

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.

I am my own person caoable of making my own decisions and choosing powerfully how i live. I appreciate and respect what others have to say but ultimately I choose how I live my life.

Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.

What I say is focus your mind and respect your body. But mostly love your heart. I think that is where to begin, from there and then it goes out.

The goal - is the dignity of the black man in America. He wants respect as the human being. He wants recognition as a human being.