Quotes about Empowerment

Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle.

Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the earth and nature.

You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

I am a woman, therefore I am a problem solver.

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

I was completely nuts for most of my life.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.

These negroes aren't asking for no nation. They wanna crawl back on the plantation.

By making our people in the Western Hemisphere hate Africa, we ended up hating ourselves. We hated our African characteristics. We hated our African identity. We hated our African features. So much so that you would find those of us in the West who would hate the shape of our nose. We would hate the shape of our lips. We would hate the color of our skin and the texture of our hair. This was a reaction, but we didn't realize that it was a reaction.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you really want it, you take it.