Quotes about Empowerment
This white man who is saying "it takes time." For three hundred and more years they have had "time," and now it is time for them to listen.
— Fannie Lou Hamer
The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.
— Oprah Winfrey
Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It's time for women to stop being politely angry.
— Leymah Gbowee
Transgender discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time
— Joe Biden
With vision there is no room to be frightened. No reason for intimidation. It's time to march forward! Let's be confident and positive!
— Charles Swindoll
A leader's most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.
— Bill Hybels
You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too.
— Booker T. Washington
Salvation happens every time someone with a key uses it to open a door he could lock instead.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.
— Joyce Meyer
It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time-And you are better than you know.
— Marianne Williamson