Best 950 quotes in «empowerment quotes» category

India is the land of Buddha and Gandhi. Equal respect for all religions must be in the DNA of every Indian.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

In order to do an empowerment, a person obviously has to be highly empowered, have the power, and also have the structural knowledge of how to transfer it to someone else.

India's openness to new ideas is manifest in the Rig Veda: Let noble thoughts come to us from all sides.

Interdependency follows independence.

India is a democratic country & anyone can become a PM.

In this era, I-ways are as essential as Highways...We need both Information Ways and Highways.

Intuition is natural by-product of flowering of a mature self-esteem and a sense of empowerment – not power over, but power to be

In order to make India prosperous, all sections and regions of the society needed to be prosperous.

Islamic tradition is full of examples of supporting the autonomy of women and the empowerment of women. Very few people know that in Islamic history there have been well over two thousand women jurists.

I prefer the word "engagement." Instead of empowerment, it's enabling women to engage in business.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to express yourself. And the fact is that - and this is the thing about punk rock - that everyone is in a position to create culture, and that point has never been lost on me. To me, that's an important political aspect of doing this, and trying to live in a way that's about dialogue as opposed to like... spectacle.

I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.'

It is a matter of immense pride that never in history has there been a complaint against the Indian community from any society in the World. These values aren't small!

It is impossible to realize our goals while discriminating against half the human race. As study after study has taught us, there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Jobs should be offered on the basis of merit and not 'Seefarish'.

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

Judgment and weariness are foes to service and generosity.

Many celebrations are set to take place in Swarnim Gujarat. However, if one asks me, "As the Chief Minister, which is your favourite programme?" Then friends, I would like to say that 'Vanche Gujarat' is the closest to my heart.

I went to the 30th reunion of my preschool. I didn't want to go, because I've put on like a hundred pounds.

Kids are the biggest brand ambassadors of Swachh Bharat initiative.

Knowing a deep thing well, which is what science asks of its practitioners, is an empowerment that is very profound. It's a liberation.

Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.

Learning has replaced control as the fundamental role of management.

Many countries that formerly saw Israel as an enemy now see Israel as a potential partner in addressing their primary security challenges. And so first and foremost, Iran. The rise of Iran, the empowerment of Iran has created a big change in the dynamics in the region. The second was the rise of ISIS.

My goal is not to be better than anyone else..but to be better that I used to be

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.

My mentoring program is pretty specific, it's about self-empowerment, about being able to find solutions through teamwork. That's one of my first goals.

My mustrious lordship, i'll show you what a woman can do

Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps.

Never underestimate the power of a woman.

My best successes came on the heels of failures.

Not to know what things in life require remedying is a crime... It leaves you at the mercy of events - it lets life manipulate you - instead of training you to manipulate life.

National festivals should become festivals of development. Republic Day or Independence Day should not be only about unfurling the Tricolour in the state capitals. We have to make them opportunities of Lok Shikshan (Mass Education).

No society could advance if everyone was smaller than his place.

Our Matru Shakti is our pride. Women empowerment is very crucial to our development.

Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Not waiting for someone to give you what you can give yourself.

People say I am lucky. I am lucky indeed because what can be better luck than to have the blessings of 125 crore Indians.

One of the things that we must do as teachers is twirl around and around, and find out what works with the situation that we're in. Our models might not work. And that twirling, changing, is part of the empowerment.

Please take good care of it all, OK? Be an enlightened monarch who treats your domain with reverent responsibility. And make sure you also enjoy the full measure of fun that comes with such mastery. Glide through life as if all of creation is yearning to honor and entertain you.

Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.

People like it when they understand something that they previously thought they couldn't understand. It's a sense of empowerment.

People must understand the Clean Ganga program, as an economic activity also. The Gangetic plains account for 40% of our population. They have over one hundred towns, and thousands of villages.

Poverty, in the end, is a state of dispossession and deprivation in which people are not only deprived of their income, but also of opportunity, empowerment and, most important, dignity.

Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana is a reflection of how rich India's poor are at heart. Without any obligation to put any money in the 0 balance accounts, they didn't open an empty account.

President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels.

Proust has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this not also true of fear?