Quotes About Empowerment

There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize.

The best way to dispel negative thoughts is to require that they have a purpose.

You can bear your troubles or shrug them off. They're your shoulders.

More good has been accomplished by simple people seeking their own honest ends than by all the philanthropists in history.

Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly.

It is only when we start understanding on an emotional level, on a gut level, that we were powerless to do anything any differently than we did that we can Truly start to Love ourselves.

Turn on your heart light," who is going to magically heal us all. The only one who can turn on your heart light is you. The only one who can give your inner children healthy parenting is you. The only healer who can heal you is within you.

It wasn't your fault. You didn't do anything wrong, you were just a little kid.

It is necessary to own and honor the child who we were in order to Love the person we are. And the only way to do that is to own that child's experiences, honor that child's feelings, and release the emotional grief energy that we are still carrying around." Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls

The way we do that is to change the attitudes and beliefs within us that tell us that we are not Lovable.

One of most important steps to empowerment is integrating Spiritual Truth into our experience of the process. In order to do that it is necessary to practice discernment in our relationship with the emotional and mental components of our being.

For a' that and a' that,It's coming yet, for a' that,That man to man the world o'erShall brothers be for a' that.

Professionals speak truth to power. Professionals have the courage to say no to their managers. How do you say no to your boss? After all, it's your boss! Aren't you supposed to do what your boss says? No. Not if you are a professional. Slaves are not allowed to say no. Laborers may be hesitant to say no. But professionals are expected to say no. It's the only way you can really get anything done.

Professionals speak truth to power. Professionals have the courage to say no to their managers. How do you say no to your boss? After all, it's your boss! Aren't you supposed to do what your boss says? No. Not if you are a professional. Slaves are not allowed to say no. Laborers may be hesitant to say no. But professionals are expected to say no. Indeed, good managers crave someone who has the guts to say no. It's the only way you can really get anything done.

Well, Mr. Secretary, I lived in a house without electricity too. No running water, no telephone...I can stand toe-to-toe with you. in response to Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill

By teaching us how to read, they had taught us how to get away.

Una mujer fácil de obtener no puede valer gran cosa.

Through our work and through getting what we need on our own, without depending on others, we can stand tall and realize our potential as humans.

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity

Preserve the unspoken option of being able to leave at any moment and reclaim your freedom if the side you are allied with starts to collapse.

If you want to make people with low self esteem feel better about themselves, praise has a superficial effect. Instead prod them into accomplishing something tangible, giving them a real experience. That will translate into a much deeper feeling of confidence.

We don't say what we feel even when it would be appropriate, and we fail to set boundaries to people's harmful behavior. We find it hard to ask for a raise or a promotion or the respect due to us. Losing our bold spirit, a positive form of aggression, is losing a deep part of our self, and it is inevitably painful.

Nunca haga lo que otros pueden hacer por usted.

You do not have to know all the details. Sometimes you need to delegate—let your subordinates handle the information gathering.