Quotes for Encouraging and Empowering Yourself!
I would like to share with you many quotes and other things that may support us during challenging times.
Sometimes it can be hard to get going when it comes to motivating, encouraging and empowering ourselves. We dont know where to begin, or do not feel we have the opportunity to become empowered. I hope the contents of this thread will help you along, in order to inspire you! 
As you push ahead in the pursuit of your dreams, always stop to celebrate that you are beyond where you were previously. - Bidemi Mark-Mordi.
?Living Beyond Limits? by Amy Purdy. [Subtitles available in 29 languages].
? When she was 19, Amy Purdy lost both her legs below the knee. And now ... she's a pro snowboarder (and a killer competitor on "Dancing with the Stars"!). In this powerful talk, she shows us how to draw inspiration from life's obstacles.
?Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.? - Anne Lamott
?How Body Language Shapes Who You Are? by Amy Cuddy. [Subtitles available in 44 languages].
? Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how ?power posing? ? standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don?t feel confident ? can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.
?If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.? - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
?On Being Wrong? by Kathryn Schulz. [Subtitles available in 41 languages].
? Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we're wrong about that? "Wrongologist" Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility.
?Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It?s ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!? - Steve Maraboli.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
― Thh NhatHanh
?Success, Failure and Drive to Keep Creating? by Elizabeth Gilbert. [Subtitles available in 32 languages].
? Elizabeth Gilbert was once an "unpublished diner waitress," devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failure and offers a simple ? though hard ? way to carry on, regardless of outcomes.
