Empowering Quotes - Page 23

• War is not women's history.

  Virginia Woolf

  Inspiring, War

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• Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.""Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspiring, Laughter, Thinking

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• The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated."Mark McCormack, Author and sports entrepreneur"Psychologists tell us that money is a satisfier, not a motivator... Recognition is. That's why we do what we do... Recognition is critical to self-esteem. Without it, we feel undervalued, even insignificant. Money is nice, sure. But once you establish a basis of monetary rewards, without the accompanying verbal and social affirmation, the employee will quickly become disgruntled and ask for more. Eventually, more will never be enough.

  John Baldoni

  Inspiring, Sports, Nice

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• But the artist persists because he has the will to create, and this is the magic power which can transform and transfigure and transpose and which will ultimately be transmitted to others.

  Anais Nin

  Inspiring, Artist, Magic

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• Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspiring, Country, Numbers

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.96, Tara Publishing

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• Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite-the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspiring, Opposites, Engagement

  "Where Is Peace In a Time of War?" by Deepak Chopra, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 31, 2006.

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• Let us not demand of ourselves that we alone must be the agent of change. In a fire brigade everyone passes along a bucket, but only the last person puts out the fire. None of us know where we stand in line. We may be here simply to pass a bucket; we may be called on to play a major role. In either case, all we can do is think, act, and say. Let us direct our thoughts, words, and actions to peace. That is all we can do. Let the results be what they will be.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspiring, Thinking, Fire

  "Where Is Peace In a Time of War?" by Deepak Chopra, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 31, 2006.

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• So I grew up feeling that I wasn't good enough, and that no-one would love me unless I was perfect. But no-one's perfect, we're not meant to be perfect. We're meant to be complete. But it's hard to be complete if you're trying to be perfect, so you kind of become disembodied. And I spent a lot of my life that way.""And if you don't own your strength... Women like me tend to always look over their shoulder to see who... "Who's the leader? Who's the smart one?" Never thinking it might be ME. Took a long time for me to get over that.

  Jane Fonda

  Inspiring, Smart, Thinking

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• Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves-to breakour own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today."Stewart B. Johnson"Men rule because women let them. Male misogyny is real enough, and it has dreadful consequences, but female misogyny is what keeps women out of power.

  Germaine Greer

  Inspiring, Real, Men

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• Women are damn resilient.

  Jill Abramson

  Empowering Women, Resilient, Damn

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• The courage to try something new makes me proud.

  Jane Pauley

  Trying, Proud, Something New

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• Reimagine a way communities can be rebuilt.

  Candy Chang

  Community, Way, Empowering Women

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• I am not bossy, I am the boss.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Boss, Kick Ass, Empowering Women

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• Women are not the problem they're the solution

  Sheryl WuDunn

  Problem, Leaks, International Women's Day

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• There's not a hair extension or a makeup artist that can make me feel the way I feel when i give back

  Beverly Johnson

  Artist, Makeup, Hair

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• Being a healthy woman isn't about getting on a scale or measuring your waistline. We need to start focusing on what matters-on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves.

  Michelle Obama

  What Matters, Healthy, Needs

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• I know it's hard for women to tap into that feeling of self-worth. We need to get the message out that you are valued, you are a goddess and don't forget that.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Self Worth, Feelings, Messages

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• My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn't let that stop me. Black girls rock and can be ballerinas.

  Misty Copeland

  Girl, Hair, Rocks

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• 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

  India.Arie

  Love, Girl, Queens

  Song: Video, Album: Acoustic Soul

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• Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower those things to control us.

  Stephen Covey

  Lynching, People, Choices

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.545, Mango Media Inc.

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• Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history - empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Unfinished Business, People

  "The New 'Comeback' Clinton: From Rival to U.S. Cabinet". Interview with Jonathan Van Meter, Vogue Magazine, abcnews.go.com. November 21, 2009.

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• Instead of believing the world is plotting to do you harm, choose to believe the world is plotting to do you good. Instead of seeing every difficult challenging event as a negative, see it for what it could be - something that is meant to enrich you, empower you, or advance your causes.

  W. Clement Stone

  Believe, Challenges, Events

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• Facing facts is always empowering.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Facts

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.69, Penguin

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• If we succeed in empowering girls, we'll succeed in everything else.

  Desmond Tutu

  Girl, Succeed, Ifs

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• Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!

  Stephen Covey

  Ideas, People, Growth

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