Quotes About Empowerment

The last thing they ever want is to see a black man stand, and think, and show that common humanity that is in us all. It would destroy their myth. They would no longer have the justification for having made us slaves and keeping us in the condition we are in. As long as none of us stand, they're safe. They're safe with me. They're safe with Reverend Ambrose. I don't want them to feel safe with you any more.

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.

I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.

The great tragedy that I have witnessed over and over again is that we keep underestimating how much God wants to do in us and through us. Too many of us have believed the lies we have been told: that we're not good enough, we're not smart enough, we're not talented enough, we're just not enough. One of the facets of God that makes him extraordinary is his ability to do the impossible through ordinary, everyday, common people like you and me.

Who do we become when we stop allowing all the voices in our head to crowd out the one voice we must hear to come to life?

Ownership is not about possession; it is about responsibility. What you own matters far less than what you take ownership for. What you take responsibility for is far more important than what you think you own.

Discipleship...a process of unleashing the creative potential in each person.

Three powerful life-changing words passed on from God to us: Now choose life! Right now, this moment, put away the baggage from the past, shake yourself free from the fear of the future unknown. Right now, choose life—seize your divine moment. A

You were created to be free. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, you're also called to be free.

God is not passive, for love is never passive, but always passionate; and passion always leads to action.

You need to know your power, and you need to take ownership of it, not to mention the power that has been placed within you because of the presence of God's Spirit in your life. If the God who created the entire universe dwells in your heart, how could you ever consider yourself powerless?

Give me the Maori Battalion and I will conquer the world

Questa sventura non la cambierei con la tua servitù, sappilo bene

Mr. Turner gets mad when I say, "I don't work for you, I work for the children." But it's true. Isn't it? I'll find out when I get fired, I guess.

A man can stand up

No woman should give any man the power to shatter her romantic ideals.

As long as men completely dominate business and political life, as long as women are economically dependent on men, as long as the burden of child care falls wholly on women's shoulders (toppling even the most egalitarian couples), you cannot speak of a liberated female sexuality.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."9

You reconnected with an energy, a youthfulness. I know that it feels as if in leaving him, you are severing a lifeline to all of that, but I want you to know that over time you will find that some of this also lives inside of you.

Revenge may not always be sweet, but occasionally it hits a sweet spot that empowers the hurt party and allows a couple to put the past behind them. We all have a need for justice. However, it is important to distinguish between retributive justice and restorative justice. The former seeks only punishment; the latter engages in repair.

VarrónÅ' lányaként nÅ'ttem fel, és gyakran érzem úgy, hogy a munkám egy ruhapróbához hasonlít. Nem kísérletezem azzal, hogy mindenkire ugyanazt a ruhát adjam.

Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl distills a profound truth: "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."9

I help them learn how to relinquish control intentionally, as a means of personal growth and self-discovery

Pride. Never pretend you are not a knight of attempt to diminish yourself because you deem it will make others more comfortable. We show others the most respect by offering the best of ourselves.