Self Empowering Quotes:

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

- Louisa May Alcott

source: J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.1082, e-artnow

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Wisdom, Storms Of Life, Tall Ships

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

- Ken Blanchard

topic: Mean, Humility, Thinking, Self Empowering

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Powerful, Deepest Fear, Our Deepest Fear, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.

- Sonia Choquette

topic: Positivity, Use, You Choose, Dreams And Aspirations, Self Empowering

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

source: Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More”, p.61, Hachette UK

topic: Self, Wish, Awareness, Empowered Women, Authentic Self

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

- Marianne Williamson

source: A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Encouraging, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

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

topic: Inspiring, Confidence, Children, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

- Alice Walker

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Maintaining Peace, Personal Power

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Leadership, Empowering Women, Improve Self Esteem

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging, Forward In Life, Math Education

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

- Marie Curie

source: "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Confidence, Empowering Women, Perserverance

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

- Barbara De Angelis

topic: Inspirational, People, Needs, Being Authentic, Authentic Life

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

- Nelson Mandela

topic: Inspirational, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech, Individual Expression, Insecure People

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Confidence, Children, Fear, Inaugural Speech, Discovering Yourself

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Confidence, Children, Insecure, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Behind every word flows energy.

- Sonia Choquette

topic: Dream, Want, Flow, Mortar, Bricks And Mortar

The greatest day of my life was the day I married Mrs. Ford.

- Henry Ford

topic: Saddest, Self Empowering

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Positive, Happiness, Success, Empowering Women, Inspirational Feminist

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Happiness, About Success, Inspirational Achievement

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

- Ethel Barrymore

topic: Inspirational, Life, Happy Birthday, Humor And Laughter, Humor Laughter

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: World, Inaugural Speech, Discovering Yourself, Inspirational Beauty, Sensitive Person

The 'secret of life' is BELIEF. Rather than genes, it is our beliefs that control our lives. PSYCH-K is a set of simple, self-empowering techniques to change your beliefs and perceptions that impact your life at a cellular level.

- Bruce H. Lipton

topic: Psych, Simple, Impact, Cellular, Self Empowering

It is not your role to make others happy, it is your role to keep yourself in balance. When you pay attention to how you feel and practice self-empowering thoughts that align with who you really are, you will offer an example of thriving that will be of tremendous value to those who have the benefit of observing you.

- Esther Hicks

topic: Spiritual, Law Of Attraction, Practice, Make Others Happy, Self Empowering