Quotes about Empowerment

Empowerment is the inner joy of knowing that external force isn't necessary to be at harmony with oneself. Votes: 4

When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration? Votes: 4

Empowerment is being aware that there is no one to blame for my choices and actions; that I have a personal choice and responsibility for my life. Votes: 4

Empowerment is constantly challenging oneself with something difficult that tests his power of nerve, knack, skill, aptitude, attitude and wisdom to do things diligently, delightfully but differently. Votes: 4

Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts. Votes: 4

Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite scary, you can't function your brain, forget your vocabulary. Votes: 4

Clarity enables Empowerment Votes: 3

Empowerment of the senses is in the steps of dance. Votes: 3

Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going. Votes: 3

Empowerment is the ability to refine, improve, and enhance your life without co-dependency. Votes: 3

Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people. Votes: 3

TED-The Empowerment Dynamic-counteracts the poison of DDT, the Dreaded Dram Triangle. TED is the antidote for DDT. Votes: 3

Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. Votes: 3

Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world. Votes: 3

The parastatals are an important driver of the process of Black Economic Empowerment and they have been doing it, and will continue to do it. Votes: 3

Empowerment of individuals and communities is absolutely central. Getting the community involved in organising their own destiny has got to be a key part of it. Votes: 3

The National Empowerment Fund we established some time back. And one of the challenges was to build a strong enough asset base for it to operate in a credible manner. And we believe that it can. Votes: 3

Empowerment is not about doing the same thing the same way in the same environment. It's about building the man and the woman and doing so with a view to creating better citizens and, by extension, better patriots in this society of ours. Votes: 3

You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business? This new consolidated agency [National Empowerment Fund] focuses on that matter of preparing people so that they can run business successfully. Votes: 3

What we are saying is that we need to consolidate the capacity to lend support. Because, one of the problems that's mentioned with regard to the Black Empowerment process in the case of small and medium business, is shortage of credit or difficulties of accessing credit. Votes: 3

Carolyn Maloney led the fight to make sure that DNA evidence kits are processed and passed the Debbie Smith Bill. She, when no one almost would listen to us on the whole issue of the Taliban and its treatment of women, she helped pass the Afghan Women's Empowerment Act. Votes: 3

In service, there is clarity and compassion. Votes: 2

Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights. Votes: 2

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment. Votes: 2

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. Votes: 2

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Votes: 2

The empowerment of black women constitutes the empowerment of our entire community. Votes: 2

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. Votes: 2

Spirituality is not a disability - it is a phenomenal empowerment of life. Votes: 2

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. Votes: 2

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. Votes: 2

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. Votes: 2

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. Votes: 2

The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment. Votes: 2

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Votes: 2

I haven't spent years, like Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices, toiling for female economic empowerment on five continents. Votes: 2

My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation. Votes: 2

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. Votes: 2

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled? Votes: 2

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. Votes: 2

Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered. Votes: 2

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism. Votes: 2

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere? Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example. Votes: 2

Education is not a tool for development - individual, community and the nation. It is the foundation for our future. It is empowerment to make choices and emboldens the youth to chase their dreams. Votes: 2

Old white guys can be a funny bunch, can't they? The same anti-same-sex marriage, anti-affirmative action cadre can flower into the biggest supporters of 'equality' the minute they get a whiff of minority empowerment. Votes: 2

Climate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women's empowerment - these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together. Votes: 2

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism. Votes: 2

New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism-extreme nationalism, culture. Votes: 2

To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction. Votes: 2

The smug complacency of technology adverts disguises a pretty mixed picture, with too many people not connected, too many passive users of technologies designed for interactive, and far too much talk about empowerment but far too little action to make it happen. Votes: 2

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity. Votes: 2

I just think that knowing about your body at any age, whether it's educating yourself on fertility, getting mammograms, going through puberty - whatever it may be, is really important. I just really encourage women empowerment and being comfortable talking about these issues. Votes: 2

One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits. Votes: 2

We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item. Votes: 2

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all. Votes: 2

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us. Votes: 2

Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment of women, moving women into the workplace; our feelings about our role in the world. All of that comes in a very direct way out of World War II. Votes: 2

World fertility surveys indicate that anywhere from one third to one half of the babies born in the Third World would not be if their mothers had access to cheap, reliable family planning, had enough personal empowerment to stand up to their husbands and relatives, and could choose their own family size. Votes: 2

I don't have time to write a mom blog, but I'm not against it. I think it's great when women talk about things. I'm all about female empowerment. There's a lot of lonely, lost moms out there. Moms need to be encouraged to tell the truth. There's a lot of glamour mommy stuff. It's OK to get real. Votes: 2

The supermarket chain Whole Foods has quite a radical employee empowerment program, where employees get to decide whether another employee can work in their team or not. If they think this person's a slacker, doesn't have good ideas, they can vote and say, no, we don't want this person to be working with us on the vegetable aisle. Votes: 2

At this point in my life - age 24 - I have chosen a fairly strange path that not many are walking. I am a professional spoken word poet who tours the world performing and teaching. I run an organization called Project VOICE dedicated to using this art form as an education and empowerment tool in schools and communities of all kinds. Votes: 2

Whatever you are, be a good one Votes: 1

We must become the change we want to see Votes: 1

You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result Votes: 1

Self-education is self-empowerment. Votes: 0

Equality begins with economic empowerment. Votes: 0

Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment. Votes: 0

Stress is an unstranformed opportunity for empowerment. Votes: 0

Education is the key to self-development and empowerment Votes: 0

I am passionate about women's empowerment and women's ways. Votes: 0

being woman is natural realizing being womanhood is empowerment to this nature . Votes: 0

Sword of Raks is a symbol of a dancer with creative empowerment Votes: 0

A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq. Votes: 0

Leadership is not about control but service. Its not about power but empowerment Votes: 0

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. Votes: 0

The greatest gift you can give anyone is a gift of empowerment and love. Votes: 0

Social media is the empowerment of the individual at the expense of the system. Votes: 0

Our Matru Shakti is our pride. Women empowerment is very crucial to our development. Votes: 0

Human development, not secularization, is what's key to women's empowerment in the transforming Middle East. Votes: 0

I prefer the word "engagement." Instead of empowerment, it's enabling women to engage in business. Votes: 0

They can't stop you if, in your heart, you seek enlightenment, empowerment, balance and knowledge. Votes: 0

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment. Votes: 0

We believe in the empowerment of women and we will not compromise in that goal. Votes: 0

When the personality comes to serve the energy of the soul that is authentic empowerment. Votes: 0

The price of self-empowerment is what I call it. Somebody who thinks outside the box. Votes: 0

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people. Votes: 0

Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously Votes: 0

Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously. Votes: 0

My mission in life is to assist women in social and political empowerment through business and education. Votes: 0

Today's thought for empowerment: If we would only love more all limitations in our lives would be gone! Votes: 0

Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It's about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity. Votes: 0

A real, healthy relationship is about empowerment and love and that should be standard - but it isn't. Votes: 0

You are afraid of your own empowerment as much as those around you are of you becoming empowered. Votes: 0

An informed parent or caregiver becomes empowered, and empowerment can lead to the best care for our children. Votes: 0

Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic. Votes: 0

People like it when they understand something that they previously thought they couldn't understand. It's a sense of empowerment. Votes: 0

You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited. Votes: 0

Selecting a challenge and meeting it creates a sense of self-empowerment that becomes the ground for further successful challenges. Votes: 0

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me. Votes: 0

Why write a book on uncovering past lives? Because the benefits for personal empowerment, healing, and enlightenment are tremendous. Votes: 0

The management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism. Votes: 0

From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I'm into female vengeance. Votes: 0

The empowerment of girls and women is an essential tool to preventing the HIV/AIDS emergency from exploding any further Votes: 0

The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment. Votes: 0

I'm a bit of a feminist and very "female empowerment," and women should be able to do what they please. Votes: 0

One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment. Votes: 0

The different techniques will place you in touch with different fields of auric empowerment, creating a balanced development of your practice. Votes: 0

Today, it is more important than ever to raise human consciousness, so that technology becomes a means of empowerment, not destruction. Votes: 0

I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all? Votes: 0

I think KISS has always been about celebrating self-empowerment. Celebrating the idea that anything is possible with determination and hard work. Votes: 0

It's about time that people forget that image of strip clubs as seedy places...Rather, today's clubs are capital-intensive female-empowerment zones... Votes: 0

When the history of African development is written, it will be clear that a turning point involved the empowerment of women. Votes: 0

Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves. Votes: 0

I think we live in an age of self empowerment and possibilities, the only excuse to not do something is yourself. Votes: 0

Literacy is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment. Books, in all forms, play an essential role here. Votes: 0

When your victimhood is your empowerment, recovery is the enemy, and working on 'individual change' becomes counterproductive, even dangerous to your identity. Votes: 0

I believe the people who are most successful are those committed to bringing out the best in other people through awakening & empowerment. Votes: 0

I'm all for empowerment and education, but the empirical evidence is that it doesn't work. That's why I say make it easy. Votes: 0

...whenever there is inspiration...and enthusiasm...there is a creative empowerment that goes far beyond what a mere person is capable of. Votes: 0

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which highlights customer satisfaction, workforce empowerment, and increased productivity, has come to symbolize America's commitment to excellence. Votes: 0

Tuskegee is a state of mind as it is a place, a place of possibility, hope, promise, self-empowerment, and where dreams come true. Votes: 0

Knowing a deep thing well, which is what science asks of its practitioners, is an empowerment that is very profound. It's a liberation. Votes: 0

When you realise that you possess within your self everything you need to promote your own success, the feeling is one of empowerment. Votes: 0

There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children. Votes: 0

If you want to be successful, don't seek success - seek competence, empowerment; do nothing short of the best that you can do. Votes: 0

My mentoring program is pretty specific, it's about self-empowerment, about being able to find solutions through teamwork. That's one of my first goals. Votes: 0

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all. Votes: 0

Intuition is natural by-product of flowering of a mature self-esteem and a sense of empowerment – not power over, but power to be Votes: 0

I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in my songwriting. Votes: 0

The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb. Votes: 0

Compromise built upon compromise equals failure. Instead, resisting temptation allowed promise upon promise to be built up in my heart, and that creates empowerment. Votes: 0

I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school. Votes: 0

I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. Votes: 0

The rejection of mass organizations as the be-all, end-all of organizing is vital for the creation and rediscovery of possibilities for empowerment and effective anarchistic work. Votes: 0

Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments. Votes: 0

There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle. Votes: 0

I would chance saying globally there is a feeling that female empowerment has, at last, become a topic that is fashionable, and more power to that. Votes: 0

Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that can mean. Votes: 0

My work in government has flowed from the fundamental idea of personal empowerment. It's about giving people the tools they need to pave their own way. Votes: 0

You can find hurt and pain in my music while finding the light. It represents empowerment" I speak from a very truthful and sincere place"with love Votes: 0

An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment is not just a ceremony. Votes: 0

Muslims want the western countries to apologize. Why? because this gives them a sense of empowerment. It makes them feel good about themselves, it stokes their ego. Votes: 0

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle. Votes: 0

With the empowerment of an advanced Teacher, and your own best efforts, you will be able to explore the mysteries of knowledge that lead to completion and perfection. Votes: 0

It is important that you appreciate that the workplace must be a place of empowerment, but the empowerment must not only be connected to the job that you do. Votes: 0

One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is the empowerment to create a life they love, filled with purposeful, enjoyable work, and relationships they hold dear. Votes: 0

I think the most clear, direct way to empowerment is to really know yourself and to really use your voice and to not be afraid of other people's reactions. Votes: 0

I am a feminist, but I'm not an extremist. I know what feminism is, but I'm not all women empowerment, marching in the streets. I'm not a die-hard girl's girl. Votes: 0

With what sovereignty we have retained, we choose to decide for ourselves our needs in accordance with our values, exerting our rights of empowerment under those articles of the treaties. Votes: 0

Poverty, in the end, is a state of dispossession and deprivation in which people are not only deprived of their income, but also of opportunity, empowerment and, most important, dignity. Votes: 0

The summit, which is set up to educate people about managing their money and protecting their income, leads to empowerment of self, for which this summit needs to be applauded. Votes: 0

Our fear of technology is really a fear of empowerment. We now have the ability to design the reality we live in, and we have to step up to the occasion. Votes: 0

The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful " to get a surge of inner life or inner supply or unexpected sense of empowerment, to be afloat, to be out of yourself. Votes: 0

The Net is the ultimate empowerment tool. You have the right to express your opinion to a global audience, but everyone has the right not to pay any attention to it. Votes: 0

The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful, to get a surge of inner life or inner supply or unexpected sense of empowerment, to be afloat, to be out of yourself. Votes: 0

In order to do an empowerment, a person obviously has to be highly empowered, have the power, and also have the structural knowledge of how to transfer it to someone else. Votes: 0

The religions of the world must be assessed, not on the basis of their convoluted theologies, but in terms of the extent to which they serve as forces of liberation and empowerment. Votes: 0

My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers. Votes: 0

A well-functioning microfinance bank can actually be a profitable business as well. So it became a perfect proof point that, through business, you can provide an experience that leads to individual self-empowerment. Votes: 0

I can't stand [female] characters that are not empowered in a certain way, or at least don't come to a conclusion at the end of the movie where they find empowerment in themselves. Votes: 0

The later stages of the enlightenment process are trickier, and it is really essential to have a teacher then. You need correction, direction, and most of all you need a master's auric empowerment. Votes: 0

Creativity and imagination are not frosting on a cake: They are integral to our sustainability. They are survival mechanisms. They are of the essence of who we are. They constitute our deepest empowerment. Votes: 0

I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me. Votes: 0

Islamic tradition is full of examples of supporting the autonomy of women and the empowerment of women. Very few people know that in Islamic history there have been well over two thousand women jurists. Votes: 0

As an empowerment right, education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalised adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty, and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities. Votes: 0

It is impossible to realize our goals while discriminating against half the human race. As study after study has taught us, there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. Votes: 0

President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels. Votes: 0

Sometimes guns really matter. Protecting those who need protection - children, women, minorities in rough parts of town, old folks living in places where cops aren't nearby. Guns are true empowerment for the powerless. Votes: 0

Female empowerment really is important to me. I'm a big nerd of the books from the 15th Century and 16th Century, when the men had all the power and the women had none of it. Votes: 0

It simply is not true that everything is now on the Internet, but it is true that the digital resources available through the Internet have enormous potential for education and even for self-empowerment of individuals. Votes: 0

Right now the topic of female empowerment is at the forefront of conversation and it's important we take advantage of the trend while there is added pressure to adjust long-standing beliefs, prejudices, and cultural discrimination. Votes: 0