Quotes about Empowerment

Proactive people subordinate feelings to values.

Our basic nature is to act, and not be acted upon. As well as enabling us to choose our response to particular circumstances, this empowers us to create circumstances. Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing our responsibility to make things happen.

Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

No one can hurt me without my consent.

Leadership is communicating to another their worth and potential so clearly they are inspired to see it in themselves.

Taking initiative means] recognizing our responsibility to make things happen

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

So the place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our Circle of Influence, our own character.

Look at the word responsibility—"response-ability"—the ability to choose your response.

No one can hurt you without your consent." In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

Don't get into a blaming, accusing mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be