If we do have realistic confidence. . . if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities. Self-esteem empowers, energizes, motivates. It inspires us to achieve and allows us to take pleasure and pride in our achievements.
Do not be 'against' anything. Being 'against' weakens you. Be 'for' what you want. Being 'for' empowers you.
Counting the numbers of troops is not going to define our success here. There is no military success, ultimately, to Afghanistan. The Afghans themselves are going to define what happens here. And we have to convince ourselves that we have a strategy in place that empowers them to do that and that is realistic in what our expectations are from them and on what schedule.
Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts. By doing this we give them an opportunity to elevate their personal situations, which eventually decreases our need to take care of them and empowers them to be able to exercise compassion toward others.
We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
Sexuality is part of being a woman, it's part of what empowers us when we're smart enough to know how to use it.
Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.
Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.
Getting people into the wilderness for a transcendent experience empowers people for years, if not for their entire lives.
Technology empowers the less empowered. If there is a strong force that bring a change in the lives of those on the margins it is technology. It serves as a leveler and a springboard.
The gospel changes how we view and work with others in a way that both humanizes our interactions with them and empowers them to work well.
The Savior empowers us with His grace, not because we've earned it, but because He loves us perfectly.
I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.
Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness!
When we trust someone, we believe what they tell us is true. We experience it as being true. It's not the experience itself that empowers us to believe it. It is the trust.
If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you.
We women need to rise to the occasion. The ayahuasca experience rebirths, inspires, empowers, and ignites us to do that. The Cosmic Sister Plant Spirit Grant is just one small way women can encourage and support women to take that journey and shine as they were born to do.
If you do nothing, that just empowers the gangs.
