Quotes about Empowerment
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
— George W. Bush
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
— Tony Campolo
Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny.
— Michelle Obama
We must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny.
— James K. Polk
Your history does not need to define your destiny.
— Christine Caine
The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.
— Nelson Mandela
My world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It just got bigger.
— Toni Morrison
Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.
— Oprah Winfrey
If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough.
— Audre Lorde
We have found, in our country, that when people have the right to make decisions as close to home as possible, they usually make the right decisions.
— Ronald Reagan
Honor your daughters. They are honorable.
— Malala Yousafzai