Inspirational Quotes - Page 347

What it is about Islam, I thought, that can make a woman so strong that she no longer strives to be noticed by men, no longer needs the admiring gaze to feel attractive, no longer puts herself on display when the rest of the world is doing just that?

Na'ima B. Robert

I think my Mama and Savannah must be special people in the Lord's eyes, as they have gone about doing generous and loving things without even a second thought. For me, it seems like the only thing that comes natural is aggravation and hard word

Nancy E. Turner

‎At the end when you cut to the bone,we're all essentially the same; we are women of great expectations

Inji Amr

It saddens me to see girls proudly declaring they’re not like other girls – especially when it’s 41,000 girls saying it in a chorus, never recognizing the contradiction. It’s taking a form of contempt for women – even a hatred for women – and internalizing it by saying, Yes, those girls are awful, but I’m special, I’m not like that, instead of stepping back and saying, This is a lie.The real meaning of “I’m not like the other girls” is, I think, “I’m not the media’s image of what girls should be.” Well, very, very few of us are. Pop culture wants to tell us that we’re all shallow, backstabbing, appearance-obsessed shopaholics without a thought in our heads beyond cute boys and cuter handbags. It’s a lie – a flat-out lie – and we need to recognize it and say so instead of accepting that judgment as true for other girls, but not for you.

Claudia Gray

If one can know how good a city is by its smell, one should know how good a society is by the women's status.

Santosh Kalwar

Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure

Dorothy Allison

Any rapist would feel pretty dang upset to see his car packed full with rotting fish heads and limburger cheese...Also, if the 542 women responsible were crowded onto the street where he lived, insisting that he move himself and his stinky car to another locale.Nobody likes to be pelted with 2060 bloody tampons.

Inga Muscio

When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter to her husband and include these words, "My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

David McCullough

. . . [O]nce we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in accordance with that joy which we know ourselves to be capable of. Our erotic knowledge empowers us, becomes a lens through which we scrutinize all aspects of our existence, forcing us to evaluate those aspects honestly in terms of their relative meaning within our lives.""The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling.""Of course, women so empowered are dangerous. So we are taught to separate the erotic from most vital areas of our lives other than sex.

Audre Lorde

She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.

Nikki Rowe

It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and attention to this instead of important political issues.

Eve Ensler

Be the kind of woman who, when your feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says "Oh, no! She's up.

Joanne Clancy

I'm not really silly enough to think that chocolate solves anything. But it calms me. It's a soothing assurance, that this hectic life I have worked myself into is also full of wonderful surprises and unexpected sweetness. It reminds me that a hefty percentage of my "problems" don't really need to be solved at all, just outlasted.

Emily Watts

Human kind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible that a mass is improved by the improvement of only one part and the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains and the other half can soar into skies?

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than w

Mahatma Gandhi

You trails are part of your life because the trails are the reasons to receive the life.

Dariush Youkhaneh

The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Be thankful to those painful moments of your life, because that has what shaped you to become who you are now.

Pradeepa Pandiyan

There are three impossibilities in life: God cannot lie, God cannot change and finally, I cannot be a poor man.

Ikechukwu Izuakor

Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.

Matshona Dhliwayo

God hides treasure in dirt, so that only those humble enough to dig through it find it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Once upon a time, there was a world. It had three types of people in it. Those who walked a path of fear. Those who walked a path of faith and those who were lost. There were two realities; one that was visible to the senses and the other visible to the soul. Those on a path of fear, would see all things worldly. Those on a path of faith would feel the beauty. Those who were lost were incapable of neither seeing or feeling.

Elise Icten

This reality requires you to bury your nature and conform. This is the only way to survive. It is within this reality one often shares a minuscule of what one could share. Competition and scarcity dominate the mind and the heart shuts down. The lure with which one acquires is left with with subsequent hollowness. There was nothing to be had as all it was, was appearance. The conqueror leaves empty-handed. During a lonely moment, one can go and touch inside. It is here that the spirit shows how life is wasted by living a lie.

Elise Icten

And so in this reality, everything came unseen but perfectly felt. Here, everything shared possessed intensity. The vibrancy of energy moved from one good deed to another. Here one was bigger than his circumstances and here every interaction was multiplied. Here there was no work as every undertaking was a talented blessing.

Elise Icten

Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have the power to put a smile on one person’s face, you have the power to change the world.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Stop thinking you can't do something. All those thoughts you have going on in your head are made up lies. What are you afraid of? Success? Failure? No such thing as failure. You don't fail at anything. You experience, learn and grow.

Iva Ursano

The beauty all around you is insignificant in comparison to the beauty within you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

I've learned a lot of things this year...not everyone who smiles at you is your friend. Fear really is terrifying but when you face it, the feeling is euphoric. I can say no and not feel guilty. I can say yes and not feel guilty. I know when to walk away from anything that isn't good for me, but the best thing I learned is that happiness is inside of me and always has been.

Iva Ursano

Standing alone is better than standing with people who don't appreciate you.

Iva Ursano

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Honesty is a great thing, if tempered with love.

Osama Sarwar

say positive stay positive

Rajesh Walecha

From all I learned about life, you can’t lose yourself in others to discover yourself. You will get lost forever.

Chinonye J. Chidolue

Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Never allow yourself to be defined by your past; ‘yesterday’ is just a word, not a dictionary.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.

Matshona Dhliwayo

It can’t be done,” they told the caterpillar. “It can,” replied the butterfly.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When you are unique and rare, be prepared to be hated on. Family, so-called friends, and associates will show their true character when they see you succeeding. Words of Wisdom: Stay focused! Don’t allow anybody to rob you of your purpose. Keep on shining! Keep on thriving! Hold your head up high and do the damn thing! Everybody will NOT be happy for you, everybody will NOT rejoice with you, and everybody will NOT believe in you. And that’s okay! Be your OWN personal cheerleader. This is about YOU, not them. Haters don’t deserve your time or energy. Do YOU. Your destiny is yours to keep!

Stephanie Lahart

True success is not the end of the journey; true success is a journey without an end. So many people relax after achieving something and they forget the undone. They neglect their untapped destiny and they halt their journey of life not reaching their real and true destination. Whilst we have life, we must live life. Whilst we have life, we must give a true meaning to life. Whilst we have life, we must dare to do the undone; though the road is weary; though we may be having a sense of fulfillment, and though we might have done something! Let us awake and pursue with all zeal and tenacity until we get to the real end of our true purpose and destiny, such that long after we are gone, the voice of our footprints will speak to inspire, build and raise a generation of champions !

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.

Matshona Dhliwayo

An exceptional Sensei has traits such as patience and integrity. Otherwise, natural fighting ability, cruelty and aggressive behavior may be observed in most animal predators.

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

The bad chapters of your life lead to the good ones if you keep turning the pages.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The sun announces its presence with light, not words; do likewise.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Even if I told you what scares me, you wouldn't understand how it feels.So just so you know, I've travelled roads I had no idea where they'd take me to.And maybe I don't know much about life and its horrors but trust me, I know enough.And I can fix everything, like I always have.

Simran.M.Anthony

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.

Matshona Dhliwayo

As inside of every seed is the power to rise from darkness, inside of everyone is the power to rise from adversity.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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