Empowerment Quotes

"Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow."

- Chris Burkmenn

"Everything is within your power, and your power is within you."

- Janice Trachtman

"To learn to read is to light a fire."

- Victor Hugo

"The whole world opened up to me when I learned to read."

- Mary McLeod Bethune

"Reading will make you free."

- Paul Rand

"Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind."

- Toni Morrison

"I have challenged myself that I will read thousands of books and I will empower myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism."

- Malala Yousafzai

"Let us remember: one book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world."

- Malala Yousafzai

"Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope."

- Kofi Annan

"When you learn to read you will be born again…and you will never be quite so alone again."

- Rumer Godden

"It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish."

- S.I. Hayakawa

"The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter."

- Robin Williams

"Some people can’t believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first."

- Robin Williams

"Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities."

- Sophia Amoruso

"How wonderful is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

- Anne Frank

"If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito."

- Anita Roddick

"Someone, at some point, came up with this very bad idea that an ordinary individual couldn’t make a difference in the world. I think that’s just a horrible thing."

- John Skoll

"I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny."

- Og Mandino

"How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

- Anne Frank

"“You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.”"

- The Wizard of Oz

"We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts."

- Madeleine L'Engle

"Grace be with you all."

- Hebrews 13:25

"There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do."

- Marianne Williamson

"Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it."

- Tina Fey

"Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do."

- Marianne Williamson

"Fearless and formidable, a strong woman embodies the essence of a lioness."

"Although I walk with grace, I have a mighty roar. A healthy woman is much like a lion: strong life force, life-giving, territoriality aware, fiercely loyal and wisely intuitive. This is who we are."

"The only way out of the darkness is to find your own light."

"Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do."

"Sending good vibes my way, ready for a year of kindness, happiness, and love for myself."