Esther McVey Quotes

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.

I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

One of the duties which devolve upon women in the present interesting crisis, is to prepare themselves for more extensive usefulness, by making use of those religious and literary privileges and advantages that are within their reach, if they will only stretch out their hands and possess them.

Women need to think about where they've been, where they are, where they're going, and how they're going to get there.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

I hope that people understand that with education, we can be our own superhero.

I was very anxious that Stephen should have every opportunity to fulfil himself.

It is only by giving people the tools to empower themselves will they be able to achieve their potential.

I honestly believe that if you're not growing, then you are taking the space that somebody else would get if you moved forward.

The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people...The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be.

Give people the power to shape their lives to their liking, and their souls will take care of themselves.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Learning is good in and of itself.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.