Quotes about Empowerment
The genius of Jesus' example is that the burden of bridge building falls on the strong
— Max Lucado
People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be—not what you nag them to be."6 A little boy said these words to his father: "Dad, let's play darts.
— Max Lucado
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
— Maya Angelou
A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
— Maya Angelou
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
— Maya Angelou
Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
— Maya Angelou
Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.
— Maya Angelou
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
— Maya Angelou
I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.
— Maya Angelou
Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.
— Maya Angelou
Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it empowers us to develop courage; to trust that courage and build bridges with it; to trust those bridges and cross over them so we can attempt to reach each other.
— Maya Angelou
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
— Maya Angelou