Quotes about Empowerment
There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to acomplish, both in the natural and moral world.
- Edmund Burke
Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all its combinations of skill and force, can do in his favor.
- Edmund Burke
The restraints on men, as well as their liberties, are to be reckoned among their rights.
- Edmund Burke
One thing I do know is that my helpers were qualified by the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.
- Edward Welch
Shame can be removed, and you can still be you. Despite your feeling that your destiny and shame's destiny are identical—that if shame no longer exists, you won't either—the reality is that you will be more you without shame.
- Edward Welch
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
- Albert Einstein
You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use it, to choose healthy instead of unhealthy thinking, feeling and acting.
- Albert Ellis
Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. They come to us now knowing this truth. We are at our best when they give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work.
- Albert Schweitzer
The doctor of the future will be oneself.
- Albert Schweitzer
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
- Albert Schweitzer
The Full Measure of a man is not to be found in the man himself, but in the colors and textures that come alive in others because of him.
- Albert Schweitzer
Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.
- Joyce Meyer