Quotes about Empowerment
Wherefore, as grace is primarily given unto us for ourselves, and secondarily for the good of others; so gifts are bestowed in the first place for the edification of others, and secondly for our own spiritual advantage also.
- John Owen
Oh,' she says, 'the Vat prints nothing but rapes. You know what a rape usually is? It's a woman who changed her mind afterward.
- John Updike
Not until midlife did she truly believe that she had a right to exist, that the forces of nature had created her not as an afterthought and companion - a bent rib, as the infamous Malleus Maleficarum had it - but as the mainstay of the continuing Creation, as the daughter of a daughter and a woman whose daughters in turn would bear daughters.
- John Updike
Do not let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden
Lincoln himself once said, "The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do for themselves." He fiercely believed in self-sufficiency, and in the maturity and character that struggles and hardships can bring.
- John Wooden
The worst things you can do for the ones you love are the things they could and should do for themselves"—and
- John Wooden
Before You Can Lead Others, You Must Be Able to Lead Yourself.
- John Wooden
Go Out of Your Way to Praise Those "Quiet" Performers Who Make Things Happen.
- John Wooden
And that, in my opinion, is the first goal of leadership—namely, getting the very best out of the people in your organization, whether they have talent to spare or are spare on talent.
- John Wooden
Be true to yourself. You know what's right. Don't let someone else decide for you.
- John Wooden
Be true to yourself. You know what's right. Don't let someone else decide for you.
- John Wooden
For the strength of the pack is the wolf; and the strength of the wolf is the pack." —Rudyard Kipling
- John Wooden