Sometimes in life when we are absolutely blank and cannot find any solution ourselves, we wish that we had somebody to turn to, someone who would understand our state of mind. Then we painfully realize there's no one. Some self empowering quotes and sayings from famous people do help in such times. I found the following quotes quite useful and encouraging: "Show respect to all people, but grovel to none." - Tecumseh. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt. "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler. "When we blame, we give away our power." - Greg Anderson. "The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others." - Sonya Friedman. "A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." - William James. "The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else." - E. E. Cummings. "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." - Bill Gates. "Sometimes we tend to be in despair when the person we love leaves us, but the truth is, it's not our loss, but theirs, for they left the only person who couldn't give up on them." - Anonymous. "If you can't save the relationship, at least save your pride." - Anonymous. "I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you!" - Anonymous. "If someone you love hurts you cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it." - Anonymous. "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." - M. Kathleen Casey. "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." - Timothy Leary. "It's not what you call me, but what I answer to." - African Proverb. "Remove those 'I want you to like me' stickers from your forehead and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good... on your mirror!" - Susan Jeffers. "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker. "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." - Mother Teresa. "Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use." - Ruth Gordon. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao-tzu. "To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform." - Theodore H. White. "The best index to a person's character is a) how he treats people who can't do him any good and b) how he treats people who can't fight back." - Abigail Van Buren. "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King Jr. "The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand. "When a woman is assertive and adamant about what she wants, she's totally branded a 'bitch,' 'difficult,' 'hard to work with,' or whatever the case may be. You know what? I'll take it. Call me a bitch, call me whatever, it doesn't matter. What it all boils down to is when the day is over, I'm still walking away with what it is that I came in there to get." - Kelis. Hope you have drawn some inspiration from these quotes. I would just like to add, "As long as you are able to sleep with a sound heart, allow no one to take away your sense of freedom and power. And empowerment is always by your own self.".