Quotes about Empowerment

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.

It all began with a dozen men and a handful of women: and then the Spirit came.

For anything that smacked of a classroom or of being lectured to—"professor" was one of his bad words, and he was proud of never going to class, never buying a textbook, never taking a note—he got up and left the room.

we are emotional, vulnerable and hapless individuals. It is an attack on human potential."12

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

When I get up and work out, I'm working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It's just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

Leaders must always be looking to give away their jobs to people who can do it as well or better than they. This calls for a level of intimacy between the leader and disciple that does not last. The leader begins to disengage; the disciple now becomes a leader. The closeness remains and is no longer defined by the amount of time spent together but by the openness with one another.