Browsing Topic Best Empowering Quotes

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

There is something incredibly empowering when embracing the responsibility of making life decisions through the lens of a casting director.

If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.

I’m not the average girl from your video and I ain’t built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because I am a queen.

If we succeed in empowering girls, we’ll succeed in everything else.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.

The ultimate goal of radical politics is gradually to displace the limit of social exclusions, empowering the excluded agents (sexual and ethnic minorities) by creating marginal spaces in which they can articulate and question their identity. Radical politics thus becomes an endless mocking parody and provocation, a gradual process of reidentification in which there are not final victories and ultimate demarcations

When I looked at [Fannie Lou] Hamer and that speech it seemed to me that she had to be the bravest woman ever, to come before that body and to assert her rights, when she knew that she was going lose that battle. But she did it anyway, because she knew she was speaking not just for herself and for that day, but for me, and for all the other young women who were coming behind her. She didn’t know our names, but she was working for us. I find that incredibly empowering.

I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there’s closure at the end. And I like stories where there’s hope. That’s a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.

As Africans Americans we often think about the tragic stories associated with our lineage, but there are a lot of triumphs. Traveling helps you learn about other aspects of our history, like the story of Christ the Redeemer. It’s empowering and inspiring.

To have mentors and moguls like Russell Simmons and Chuck D pushing me forward and empowering my movement makes me all the more eager to continue pursuing my dream to make my mark on hip hop music and culture.

Naming can limit as well as empower.

Self-esteem creates natural highs. Knowing that you’re lovable helps you to love more. Knowing that you’re important helps you to make a difference to to others. Knowing that you are capable empowers you to create more. Knowing that you’re valuable and that you have a special place in the universe is a serene spiritual joy in itself.

Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it.

He who can turn negative situations into something positive, has learned the law of transformation, his mind empowers life.

Learning from books is so empowering – whether it be from history, a novel or a poem. When you come away from reading having learned something, you yourself are bigger.

We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.