Live as though life were created for you.
While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one’s skin, at the extreme corners of one’s eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.
I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe.
I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
Don’t let the man bring you down.
Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.
As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
Ritie, don’t worry ’cause you ain’t pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.
When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.
Still I’ll rise.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.