"No empowerment is so effective as self-empowerment. In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when wrong, they are positive, and that is the way of achievement."
— David Landes
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"No empowerment is so effective as self-empowerment. In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when wrong, they are positive, and that is the way of achievement."
— David Landes

"I have not always chosen the safest path. I’ve made my mistakes, plenty of them. I sometimes jump too soon and fail to appreciate the consequences. But I’ve learned something important along the way: I’ve learned to heed the call of my heart. I’ve learned that the safest path is not always the best path and I’ve learned that the voice of fear is not always to be trusted."
— Steve Goodier
"Don’t persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen."
— Elizabeth Lesser
"Remember, the best leaders are those who understand that their power flows through them, not from them."
— Ken Blanchard

"Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity, can cause to be set in motion…
Mend the part of the world that is within your reach."
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes