Quotes About Empowerment

Maybe this was what being in a pandemic brought forth. When everything big is out of control, you start taking charge of small things.

Don't you want to be a U.S. citizen?" "What?" said Thomas. "We are citizens." "Vote? You already can vote?" "Sure, back in 1924 we got the vote. After the black man, after the women. But we got the vote.

The people stared through her as though she were invisible until she thought she was, and walked more easily then, just a cloud reflected in a stream.

Asema. You're forgetting. A people who see themselves primarily as victims are doomed. And we're not doomed, are we?

Now you listen to me, Joe. You will not badger or harrass me. You will leave me to think the way I want to think, here. I have to heal any way I can. You will stop asking questions and you will not give me any worry. You will not go after him. You will not terrify me, Joe. I've had enough fear for my whole life. You will not add to my fear. You will not add to my sorrows. You will not be part of this.

Upon walking into Eva's kitchen, something profound happened to Delphine. She experienced a fabulous expansion of being. Light-headed, she felt a swooping sensation and then a quiet, as though she'd settled like a bird.

You're forgetting. A people who see themselves primarily as victims are doomed. And we're not doomed, are we?

Because she confided in him and gave him adult responsibilities, he matured rapidly and acquired unusual confidence;

Rockefeller advised Daniel O'Day that Standard Oil should develop its own strength in this area rather than turning to outsiders.

Since Rockefeller believed in meritocracy, not aristocracy, he favored educational opportunities for minorities.

Yet she decided never to marry and to remain self-sufficient.

Pierpont began to emerge from his father's shadow and take charge of major deals.

January 25, 1785, nineteen people gathered at the home of innkeeper John Simmons to form a society that would safeguard blacks who had already secured their freedom and try to win freedom for those still held in bondage. The group was called the New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves.

Statements make sense for somebody who needs advice. I'm not giving advice. I don't instruct. At my best, I delight. That's my job.

Tyndale once told a Catholic antagonist: "I defy the Pope and all his laws. If God spare my life, before many years I will make sure that a boy who drives the plough knows more of the Scriptures than you do.

are desperate for people of every background with the ability to formulate a compelling vision of the future and to inspire others to help make that vision a

To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

Big Cabinet meeting on our program through Justice dept. to wipe out legal discriminations against women. We've changed 27 laws, have 60 more in process & today approved some more.

aren't lazy or unwilling to work: they just don't know how to free themselves from the welfare security blanket.