Quotes about Self-empowerment

You are not responsible for making other people "see the light," and you do not need to "set them straight." You are responsible for helping yourself see the light and for setting yourself straight.

People and things don't stop our pain or heal us. In recovery, we learn that this is our job, and we can do it by using our resources: ourselves, our Higher Power, our support systems, and our recovery program.

You can spoil your fun, your day, your life—that's your business—but I won't let you spoil my fun, my day, or my life.

You have to be someone.

I've been told to be skinny before - it's already happened, but it's up to you to either listen or say no. I'm not listening.

Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of love. I now allow this love to flow to the surface.

Do not wish to be anything except what you are.

It is to be remembered that by good deeds or words you encourage yourself, who always have need to witness or hear them.

Consider the truly happy people you know. I think it is unlikely that you will find that circumstances have made them happy. They have made themselves happy in spite of circumstances.

No one can make you feel inferior without your permission

I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it.

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