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Empowerment Quotes


"At no moment in history has a bright young girl with plenty of food and a good constitution perished from too much learning."


"The universe makes it possible.Your mindset makes it probable.Your behavior makes it reality."


"I am convinced that "all ladies are not the same". Some have pretty faces, others have beautiful characters. Some have facial make-ups, others have mental make-ups!"



"Don't just make use of a gift, look inside you and maximize others."



"The gospel that has been preached in our churches has not been fair to the African continent. It has left us in a beggarly state, waiting on God for things we could produce by and for ourselves."


"College had once been my greatest aspiration; it stood for everything my mother did not-intellectualism, feminism, freedom. But being kidnapped had given me plenty of time to think, and somewhere between all that fear and dread, I'd realized that was the wrong reason to go to college. That the potential for those things had been inside of me all along, only I'd never realized because I hadn't believed myself strong enough to break free without an intermediary."


"Dear Girls Across the Globe,Let's stop body-shaming each other with hurtful comments about how another girl looks or doesn't look. We are all beautiful in our own unique way; so let's speak about each other with the dignity that we would want others to have when they speak about us."


"A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus."


"You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable."


"The only disability that I have, is that I'm human."


"When I tell you that you're beautiful, I don't just mean your appearance. I mean all of you; who and what you are, is beautiful."


"I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side."


"No one will come and save you. No one will come riding on a white horse and take all your worries away. You have to save yourself, little by little, day by day. Build yourself a home. Take care of your body. Find something to work on. Something that makes you excited, something you want to learn. Get yourself some books and learn them by heart. Get to know the author, where he grew up, what books he read himself. Take yourself out for dinner. Dress up for no one but you and simply feel nice. it's a lovely feeling, to feel pretty. You don't need anyone to confirm it."


"Don't let anyone take your power by influencing what you do.... sure ask for advice when you are still deciding, but once you are sure what you want to go for, don't let anyone deflect you. It is YOUR choice to make and to follow through."



"The secret of real prosperity in the church is to teach God's people principles of economic empowerment."


"He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life."



"Until we begin to discover and create value, purposefully and systemically, we are not humans but only biomass."



"Through uninhibited relationship with God you are empowered to function."



"You can convert your innate worth into gross net worth on the earth."


"You are free. Your mind belongs to you. Your thoughts are yours. Honor the sacred territory of your freedom and individuality."


"Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better."


"There is always something good and unique in the life of every woman so put those talents and wisdom to good use today, by so doing you will make your world a better place than you met it."


"Aren't you tired of shutting up? Aren't you sick of choking down your truth?Aren't you over nodding yes when you mean no?Then stop-shutting and choking and nodding.You have not come this far to stay silent.You have not endured so much to give up now.You have not awakened just to go back to sleep.Right now is the time to announce yourself. Who are you? What do we need to know?Only you make claim to who you are.Only you decide what's right, and not, for you.Only you choose how you want to shine.You-only you-get to create your singular life."


"You cannot catch a whale and a fish with the same bait."


"Challenge who you can be, don't let fate control your future."


"Self acceptance is pure power."


"You are the only one who can choose your attitude for you."


"Start living by taking back the control of your life now! Create a life more in tune with your true desires."


"What you conquer within you conquer without."


"No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart's safe."


"You have the ability to choose your reactions."


"Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams."


"Stop validating your victim mentality. Shake off your self-defeating drama and embrace your innate ability to recover and achieve."


"The difference between a conventional counsellor and an empowerment counsellor is that a conventional therapist will allow you to dwell in your pit of misery for months, years and possibly even decades; whereas an empowerment counsellor will challenge you to recognise that your past pains and seemingly negative experiences are the very key to accessing your greatest self."


"Working with women is such a rewarding experience because as you interact with them, you realize that although they face various struggles, women have one goal, to see the world change for the better."



"People with victim mentality find it impossible to depend on themselves to solve in dealing with problems and tend to wait for savior."


"The power to give everything or take it all away is the inborn power contained in every confident woman's grasp " the only way for a man to regain that power, is to keep her happy enough that she forgets she even has it."


"Love gives you knees to crawl, feet to run, legs to sprint, and wings to soar."


"Women willing to think big and bold and brazen are the women who have shattered one glass ceiling after another to make shimmering stars for the rest of us to see our way by."



"I pride myself on making my own decisions, sir," she said. "I do not welcome gentlemen making them for me."


"Don't neglect the gifts in you. Power reserved is function suspended. The day you choose to switch on your passion is the day you will see your dunamis power in you. Be inspired!"



"Empower people to achieve their calling."


"When your past tries to haunt you tell it you don't believe in ghosts."


"Empowerment is never about blame, it is about taking personal responsibility."


"Free yourself from the need to blame others. There are two reasons that you are where you are right now, action or inaction."


"The further you venture down a river the bigger the fish."


"When you feel weak, energize yourself with the power of love, love everyone and everything, this world will be yours."


"Don't wait for others to celebrate you, learn to do it yourself."


"There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts."



"Today however, a new generation must arise that will take their works further. This generation must rely less on signs and wonders but rely more on developing skills and building industries."
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