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Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

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

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

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.

Only you and you alone can change your situation. Don’t blame it on anything or anyone.

You are not a prisoner of your thoughts. You have the ability to control what you are thinking.

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

Not taking things personally and returning to your joy is always a power move.

True power is living the realization that you are your own healer, hero and leader.

Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God’s work, peacefully and harmoniously.

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

If you’re able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.

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.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.

The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process.

You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

You find this watered-down enlightenment sold in mass quantity at yoga studios, high-priced shamanism retreats, DJ-fueled Ecstatic Dance parties, ayahuasca ceremonies, and self-empowerment seminars. There’s a hope for a quick fix – if only we have the money and right drugs for it.

To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.

Being empowered includes developing the powerful qualities that lead human beings to cultivate wellness and healing. And those are the same qualities that enhance all relationships on earth and reduce stress (which seems to be the largest precursor to disease)-gentle ness, calmness, patience, humility, compassion, and gratitude.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

My feminism has evolved way beyond self-empowerment and I see feminism as a path to peace on earth. The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy. I do believe. As men and women, together, I really long to feel my society evolve its understanding since we’re one of the leaders in the f-word. I want us to grow our idea of feminism collectively and get both men and women involved in undoing patriarchy. It’s huge. It’s a huge job.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

The women’s movement resurgence of standing up for so many things that were kind of sleepy there for a decade or so, there’s been a reawakening and I think the consciousness movement in general is dovetailing with a lot of recovery and self-empowerment.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Loving everything about yourself – even the ‘unacceptable’ – is an act of personal power. It is the beginning of healing.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

What I’m trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism – the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, failing his 2,000th time on the lightbulb.

Something happens to me when I witness someone’s courage. They may not know I’m watching and I might not let them know. But something happens to me that will last me for a lifetime. To fill me when I’m empty, and rock me when I’m low.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.