Toni Sorenson Quotes - Page 5

Women willing to think big and bold and brazen are the women who have shattered one glass ceiling after another to make shimmering stars for the rest of us to see our way by.
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A strong woman strengthens women. An empowered woman empowers women. When one woman rises we are all elevated.
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There is nothing wrong with being on the bottom once in awhile, but don’t stay there, women! New positions will give you new perspective, and new perspective will give you new experiences, and new experiences will give you a meaningful life.
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What is a strong woman? One whose very embrace can weaken the knees and soften the heart of the one she embraces, not by force, but by love which is the strongest force of all.
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Women rise up! Speak up. Look up. Within you is all the light the world needs to scare away the darkness that holds it hostage.
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A wise woman invests her time and doesn’t squander it in gossip, judgment or idleness. She knows every moment gone is one that she will not get back.
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A woman sees a problem and sets about solving it, not analyzing it.
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Intuition is a woman’s gift that comes packaged in responsibility. If we don’t change the world for good, who will?
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Every woman has beauty. Every woman has worth. Every woman deserves a chance at happiness.
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If you could see into a woman’s heart you’d be shocked at the cracks and chasms of self-doubt, fear, and pain it holds. It’s a wreck and yet it manages to love like it’s never been broken.
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Every woman is born with her own sense of style and idea of beauty. To stifle that is a sin as great as snuffing out a blossoming bud, a one-of-a-kind flower will never bloom again.
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Women who don’t like the rules change the rules.
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The origin of the word gender means to bring forth and to sort or class. Somewhere along the way it was decided that a baby girl was second-class to a baby boy. That’s just not true or right. By Divine design one gender cannot exist without the other. We are partners in life. When can we start acting like we can’t live without each other…because we can’t?
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There’s still a little girl inside every grown woman who would love to be able to fall into the arms of her mother and cry her eyes out every now and then.
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Just because there is change around us does not mean there has to be change within us.
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My mother smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. Before she smoked her first cigarette, she was free to choose whether or not she would smoke. After awhile, her freedom reverted to Satan—so it would seem. The choice was no longer hers—so it would seem. Her mind and body were attacked with nicotine cravings that got so bad she would sometimes sacavage through garbage cans for butts when she’d run short on full cigarettes.tI watched, baffled at how something so small and so disgusting to me could have such power over my mother. That’s the thing about addiction—it binds us one choice at a time. That’s also the good news about addition—you can unravel the hold it has on you—one choice at a time.
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We all want to be happier, more financially secure and to experience more rewarding relationships. We all dream of making something more of our lives. A mountain trail is a terrific place to make our biggest, boldest, brightest dreams come true.
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If you leave your dreams on your pillow, you might as well just stay in bed. To make dreams come true you’ve got to get up and take action.
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No one else will ever see your dream until YOU envision it. See it and they’ll see it too.
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Just because our friendship has changed and now we grow in different directions, does not mean that we have to grow apart.
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Friends hurt friends. They don’t mean to, but it happens. So friendship is made of forgiveness as much as it is love.
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Why have you been my friend when I didn’t deserve friendship?” “Because friendship isn’t something anyone deserves…it’s just one of those blessings of life, you can’t earn…love has no price tag.
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Friends don’t come ready-made or one-size-fits-all. True friends are always custom fit and one-of-a-kind…just for you.
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The Bible says that to have a friend we must show ourselves friendly. To that, I say, “Amen.
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I just want a friend who “gets” me and then wants to keep me—flaws and all.
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Want to be a good friend? Here’s what a friend does well: they listen, they stand by you, they tell you the brutal truth, they cause your tears from time to time, but then help you wipe them dry, they laugh with you…a lot, they don’t bring up your bad memories, they try to love the people you love, they go places with you at the most inconvenient times, they laugh some more, they create experiences and a string of memories held together by love, mostly that’s what they do…they love you even when you don’t love you.
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Friendship, neglected, is like a flower deprived of water and sunlight.
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You cannot be a friend to someone else, if you do not have a friendship with yourself.
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Friendship develops over tears, times, laughs and lunch.
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A true friend will never stand in your allotted beam of light. They will get out of the way so you can grow, but they’ll stay nearby in case you need what they can offer.
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Friends might share clothes and chocolate, but they must share books. Just like you share the same stars, share the same books and you'll never be apart.
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If you’re truly friends, then you don’t just offer a little whisp of your love. You unzip your chest, reach in and pull your heart out and says, “It’s all yours—please keep it beating.
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Friendship is never measured it words…it’s measured in memories.
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My path gets more beautiful when you walk it with me.
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You can't have a great life unless you move two things: your body AND your mind. Keep them both exercised by taking them places they've never before been.
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I will never be a loser. Never. Because I will never stop trying to be better.
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New thinking doesn't mean shuffling your old thoughts around; it means getting rid of the old and implementing the new. That way your, "I can't" become "I can!" and "I did!
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Once you learn how to straighten out your thinking, your life straightens out. Problems that were too complicated to deal with have solutions. There's peace where there was chaos because there's power where there was weakness. A strong life begins with a strong thought. A healthy life begins in a clean brain.
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Fair mindedness doesn't require a lot of thought, it requires a lot of bravery.
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You can't wear your brain out by overusing it.
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To have a flexible, open, clean mind, you have to do three things: exercise it, accept new ideas, clear out the clutter. Be willing to change your mind when it needs changing.
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It's not just the thought we think that matter; it's how we think them, how long we think them, and how often we think them. A thought has to be thought again and again in order for it to embed in our brains. So to fade a thought or get rid of it altogether, stop thinking it.
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The origin of the word fail means to stop functioning. So as long as you haven't stopped, you haven't failed.
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Success demands a price that only a few are willing to pay ... blood, flesh, time, money, pride, heartbreak and energy. Anyone who has ever succeeded has the battle scars to prove the sacrifices they've made.
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Go for broke, my friends. Straighten your spine when you step to the podium. Trust your own tongue. Believe that your weary legs will hold you until you reach the finish line. And reach it you will if you give it your all. Fall if you must, crawl if you must, but don’t you dare give up or give in until you’ve made it to the end. For at the end is where your great reward will be to begin anew. A new chance. A new life. A new you.
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Don't ever let your day end in "could haves" and "should haves." Life is meant to be one experience after another. Say yes to everything that is good for you.
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The greatest tragedy in your life will not be the death of a loved one or a natural disaster; those things hurt like hell and devastate to the core. But loss like that is part of life. What’s not necessary and is therefore most tragic is the demise of your truest identity, your dying before you’re dead, the moments when you let the words and judgments of others define who you are instead of rising above that pain to be the person you were meant to be. No matter what has happened in your past, you are still capable of becoming a better version of who you are at this moment. Think right. Believe the voice inside of you that speaks the truth. You are a divine marvel. Act like it. Live like it.
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If we are what we repeatedly do, how many times did you express gratitude today? Showing that you're grateful is the only way to be a grateful human being. Saying the words is not enough; you have demonstrate it through deeds.
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I promise you that the moment you unwaveringly commit to your own vision, seen and unseen powers will unite to make that vision a reality.
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Our lives reflect our inner image. If we think we’re worth it, that worth will manifest in our lives. If we think we’re not worthy, we’ll live in lack. Believe your worth it and you will become worth it.
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Regardless of your past, of your own beliefs, I promise you that you are worthy of the remarkable life you so want to live.
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Dreams are blueprints and what good are blueprints until a carpenter goes to work? Dream big, and bold and brazen, but then get off your butt and do the work to realize your own dreams.
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You must give permission for people to alter your thoughts. No matter how hard they knock, they can’t get into your brain unless you open the door.
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I challenge you to destroy whatever roadblock is keeping you from moving forward. Destroy it with your physical body if you must, but first, destroy it with a power greater than a nuclear bomb—the power of your mind. Think it gone and it will go.
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Here’s the three-ingredient recipe for a glorious day: think a higher thought, move your feet forward, serve someone you’ve never served. Do those three things and your life will improve in a millisecond.
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Your future is brighter than your past was dark.
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Unhappiness comes when we feel helpless. Hope comes the minute we decide we are not.
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You are beyond worth and your potential to change is in your next thought.
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Progress isn't about how fast or how far you are moving, it's about the direction your heart and body is pointed. Keep those aimed at your truest north and you'll get to where you want to be.
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Every thought you cultivate is a brushstroke on the canvas of your life. Your life then, is an outer picture of your inner thoughts.
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