Quotes about Empowerment

I want to be free of self-pity. It is a tool of Satan to rot away a life.

The Indian himself must be the answer—he must learn the Scriptures, be taught, and in turn teach his own people. To this end Pete and Jim reopened the missionary school at Shandia that Dr. Tidmarsh had been forced to close. Here in a one-room schoolhouse the youngsters of the community were taught to read and write so that ultimately they could read the Scriptures for themselves.

We cannot control other people and their actions but we can control how we act and react to them.

When God gives you a mission, He also gives you everything you need to fulfill that mission.

Who you are in Christ is far more important and meaningful than what has taken place in your past.

God's Word changes the way you think, feel, and live.

God desires that we develop spiritual muscle so we are strong enough to be His kind of wife.

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.

My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.

People with disabilities can grow up thinking they have a weakness because they are told,You will never do this properly; you will never walk properly or talk properly.' That's all they hear. But you have to look past that.

As a result of the absence and weakness of black men, blacks have allowed every ungodly thing to influence their communities.