empowerment through action Quotes

It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it.

The people have now come to realize that the only way to deal with the oppressor is to deal on our own terms and this was done.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

I am not merely satisfied in making money for myself, for I am endeavoring to provide employment for hundreds of women of my race. ... I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!

If the government can't get the black man justice, then it's time for the black man to get some justice for himself.

Pray and seek for strength to change our circumstances rather than praying for our circumstances to be changed

There are real solutions right now for us if we stand up with the courage of our convictions.

If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you've chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it's the player on the field who are truly alive.

Power over must be replaced by shared power, by the power to do things, by the discovery of our own strength as opposed to a passive receiving of power exercised by others, often in our name.

I always give three pieces of advice to all the teenage girls when I do my talks: long country walks - it's important to get some fresh air in your lungs, and be in contact with your body; masturbation - it takes the edge off, it'll get you through; and the revolution - believing in changing the world.

Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible.