#empower

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you. ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

#empowerment #life #relationships #subtlety #life

Do what you think is right. Don't let people make the decision of right or wrong for you. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#conviction #motivational #right #self-empowerment #wrong

You were not meant for a mundane or mediocre life! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#mission #purpose #self-empowerment #self-esteem #self-love

Shooting Willoughby carrying Marianne up the path. ... Male strength -- the desire to be cradled again? ... I'd love someone to pick me up and carry me off. Frightening. Lindsay assures me I'd start to fidget after a while. She's such a comfort. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#empowerment #filming #gender #independence #men

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#empowerment #feminism #gender #hypocrisy #inequality

When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. ... And I don't quite know how they managed to make this law in their favour, or who exactly it was who gave them a greater license to sin than is allowed to us; and if the fault is common to both sexes (as they can hardly deny), why should the blame not be as well? What makes them think they can boast of the same thing that in women brings only shame? ↗

— Moderata Fonte

#double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender #hypocrisy

Women particularly should concern themselves with peace because men by nature are more foolhardy and headstrong, and their overwhelming desire to avenge themselves prevents them from foreseeing the resulting dangers and terrors of war. But woman by nature is more gentle and circumspect. Therefore, if she has sufficient will and wisdom she can provide the best possible means to pacify man. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#circumspection #empowerment #men #peace #peacemaking

Concentrate more on your achievements than your failures. Learn to take the failures as opportunities to rectify your errors. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#confident #empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence

Self-confidence is contagious. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence #self-help

Certain situations need a Jedi-like approach. One of these is when you are in a strange environment, usually where you feel unsure of yourself. You would be surprised how, if you walk with confidence and meaning, people will see this as a mark of confidence, yet you are perhaps shaking inside but outwardly you have the gait of a confident Jedi Knight. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence #self-help