Quotes about Empowerment

Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.

We need to develop artists who are not just scoring films. I'm hoping 'Gully Boy' can help with that.

In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.

As cheesy as it might sound, I've got to give credit to movies like 'The Hunger Games' and 'Divergent' because they are stories written about young heroines. It's not just about super guys any more.

Women have two choices: Either she's a feminist or a masochist.

Laughter is a rescue.

When people are not empowered to discover their identity and pursue their destiny in Christ, then they are not being discipled but used. They are not sons being fathered, but servants being given a job to do.

God can use anyone who truly decides he or she is "for Jesus," as Greg did in 1970, to accomplish extraordinary things for His kingdom.

The reason God now calls kingdom people to remain separate from the ways of the kingdom-of-the-world is not to isolate them from their culture but to empower them to authentically serve their culture and ultimately win it over to allegiance to Jesus Christ. The reason we are not to be of the world is so we may be for the world.

The picture of God that I embraced could get me to feel shame for my sinful deeds, but it could not empower me to rise above them.

If I can be in a place where my image is encouraging people to see different people behind the camera, and my image and the images I make can help open up a certain world view, I think that's all a part of a larger spirit of change and progress, and I'm happy to be part of it.

I didn't design schools for poor kids. I'm designing schools to be world-class.