Quotes About Empowerment

That's two years of me living for someone else. How sad is that?

Who's got two thumbs and is going to save the world?" she asked, then jerked both of her thumbs towards her smiling face. "This chick.

will heal your wounds," he said, "but I will not facilitate your battles.

Der größte Fehler ist der, einen Mann ausschließlich als einen Mann zu behandeln oder eine Frau nur als eine Frau, denn sie alle haben Zugang zu vielen Rollen...

WE GENERALLY FEEL defined by our past. Our past, however, is a story that we tell ourselves in the present.

We are, each of us, a product of the stories we tell ourselves.

Believe in yourself, blame yourself

The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves.

a real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves

When dams were erected on the Columbia, salmon battered themselves against the concrete, trying to return home. I expect no less from us. We too must hurl ourselves against and through the literal and metaphorical concrete that contains and constrains us, that keeps us from talking about what is most important to us, that keeps us from living the way our bones know we can, that bars us from our home. It only takes one person to bring down a dam.

Not the king of anyone else. I call my self a King because indeed I am a King of I myself only. -DeShawn Yeldell / MillYentei

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Pregnancy and birth knit womankind together. Help weave a gorgeous thread to add to the fabric. Be supportive. Be kind. Be wise. Be open.

Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

Depend on no one else to give you what you want

There is no one but ourselves to blame for our problems: neither God nor any oppressors.

Through her, the Ramayan reminds us that even a victim can be a winner if he or she refuses to surrender to the circumstance.

A yajaman is one who does not blame anyone for any situation. He knows that his fortune and misfortune are dependent on many forces. Besides his knowledge, skills, experience and his power of anticipation, a lot depends on the talent of people around him—the market conditions and regulatory environment. He simply takes charge of whatever situation he is in, focusing on what he can do, never letting the anxiety of failure pull him back, or the confidence of success make him smug.

Leaders often equate themselves with lions, and indulge their desire to dominate when, in fact, the point of leadership is to be secure enough to outgrow the lion within us, and enable and empower those around us. But this is not easy, as anxiety overpowers the best of leaders.

Gita are basically giving confidence to a scared man. Anyone can give advice, but a person cannot act, cannot do his karma, unless he is confident.

Though nobleman, he can never be king. Though cowherd, he can always lead.

There are two kinds of victory in this world,' said the storyteller-sage, 'Vijaya and Jaya. Vijaya is material victory, where there is a loser. Jaya is spiritual victory, where there are no losers. In

Control creates domesticated animals. The purpose of society is to inspire humanity, not tame them