Empowering Quotes - Page 23

• The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government In the first place, there is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution, or which gives them any greater latitude in this respect than may be claimed by the courts of every State.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Law, Government, Giving

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• Just be.  Don't try to be yourself, because you already are.  Balance your spirit and empower your gifts.  If it is in you and you can feel it, see it, and want to share it, then learn to understand it, not become it.  We are born with all the wisdom in the world; it's up to us to open the door inch by inch throughout life.

  Candice Swanepoel

  Being Yourself, Doors, Balance

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• Some people explore who they think they might be.  Then some people explore who they already are and empower it.

  Candice Swanepoel

  Thinking, People, Might

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• Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.

  Barack Obama

  Integrity, Government, Speaks Out

  "Obama Urged to Back New Whistleblower Act" by Ed O'Keefe, voices.washingtonpost.com. April 2009.

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• It`s your version of whatever that is. We use those words because they are kind of empowering. Try to get back into your life and get back on track with dreams you have. There`s nothing more attractive than a person who likes herself.

  Greg Behrendt

  Dream, Track, Trying

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• Art objects are inanimate sad bits of matter hanging in the dark when no one is looking. The artist only does half the work; the viewer has to come up with the rest, and it is by empowering the viewer that the miracle of art gains its force.

  Vik Muniz

  Art, Dark, Miracle

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• Total self acceptance is empowering. It means allowing others to see you as they choose, without being offended.

  Deepak Chopra

  Mean, Acceptance, Self

  Twitter post from Apr 5, 2012

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• Keep building and supporting new tools, technologies, and platforms to empower independence, interoperability, and web property ownership.

  Marco Arment

  Technology, Independence, Tools

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• Your habits operate at the unconscious level; you are not normally aware of them. It's only by bringing a habit into your conscious awareness that you can observe what it's doing, how it empowers and serves you or doesn't.

  Jeff Olson

  Levels, Awareness, Habit

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• is a process of inner transformation, a conversation initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. One's way of seeing reality changes in the process. A restructuring of consciousness takes place which empowers one to perceive, relate and respond with increasing sensitivity to the divine presence in, through, and beyond everything that exists.

  Thomas Keating

  Reality, Unions, Way

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• I just wanted to do something that would get peoples' attention. And not only that, but get my foot in the door and be creative. I wanted to do something that was empowering to women, as well as get peoples' attention.

  Jacki-O

  Doors, Feet, Creative

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• Regarding national security, we need to restore the defense cuts of Barack Obama to rebuild our military, to destroy ISIS before it destroys us. Regarding economic security, we need to take power and money away from Washington D.C. and empower American families so that they can rise up again.

  Jeb Bush

  Military, Cutting, Isis

  "5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant". 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

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• By empowering people to initiate a conversation prior to surgery regarding their pain control options, we hope to reduce the incidence of narcotic addiction and all of the unfortunate consequences that surround it.

  Kristi Funk

  Pain, People, Addiction

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

  Joy Bryant

  Community, Helping, Burden

  "Interview: Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• To me, what I've always said is that the president [Barack Obama] has set up an awful situation through his deal with Iran, because what his deal with Iran has done is empower them and enrich them. And that's the way ISIS has been created and formed here. ISIS is created and formed because of the abuse that [Bashar] Assad and his Iranian sponsors have rained down on the Sunnis in Syria.

  Chris Christie

  Isis, Iran, Abuse

  "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate", December 16, 2015.

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• When we empower Iran, then get ready for more unrest and more murder and more violence in the Middle East.

  Chris Christie

  Iran, Middle East, Unrest

  "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate", cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• One of the things that Claire [ McCaskill] and I are trying to do is put systems on campus in place so that a survivor knows who to talk to - that there's somebody who's an expert on their campus that will know all their options from day one and really empower them to make their own decision about what they want to do.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Decision, Trying, Experts

  Source: www.elle.com

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• If we take our youth seriously, provide tools to strengthen their natural prowess, and empower them to make the changes they want to see in the world, then this planet and her creatures have the chance to heal and flourish.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Tools, World, Want

  "Interview with United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Ian Somerhalder". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 01, 2014.

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• Women empowering other women.They get the psycho-social support. They become part of a community.

  Annie Lennox

  Support, Community, Psycho

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• I want to help put some of the pieces together for people. I want to empower people so they don't have to keep going to others outside of themselves for guidance.

  Echo Bodine

  People, Together, Pieces

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• To ensure that future generations have the opportunity to make a living from the creation of music, it is critical that we continue to build support behind this important initiative. Thousands of people have already voiced their opinion that it is time to vigorously defend the rights of music creators. Our goal now is to empower thousands more to carry this message forward.

  Keri Hilson

  Opportunity, Rights, People

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• My debut single "Pointless Relationship" is about a girl's view of where the relationship is going with her partner and it sounds like a negative term. But the song is more of an empowering song from a woman's perspective! It's the life of them together and it's just never going to go where it should go, and so she's saying to him this is a pointless relationship.

  Tammin Sursok

  Girl, Song, Views

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• You can choose instead to live in the enriching, empowering light of your own highest visions. You can always choose to grow, to achieve, and to fulfill by immersing your awareness in life's ever-present goodness.

  Ralph Marston

  Light, Vision, Awareness

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• In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances to shape our lives by default.

  Stephen Covey

  Self, People, Shapes

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• One of the 12 steps is to admit that you're powerless, but I think that's bullshit. I think it's important to empower yourself by facing the stuff that triggers you.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Thinking, Bullshit, Important

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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