All Quotes By Tag: Growth

“If by growing up you mean allowing the adult within me to abandon the child within me, I have no interest in such a horrid proposition. If instead you mean to let each enhance the other at the exclusion of neither, I have every interest.”

“Let go and let in. When we avoid prejudging our sources of information, we become more receptive to what they have to offer. If we come to listening with a blank slate, our environment can write on it what we need to hear. Similarly, if our mental and sensory channels are open, there’s more room to import energy and information.”

“This book is about having the courage to stand in the ever-crooked room of black womanhood and summon the magic to set it straight. Even if only for a moment, the act alone heals you just enough for the next tilt of the room.”

“For a long time, I was the girl who believed nothing good would ever come her way. So much so that I could will the negative to come before the good could even make it to my location.”

“Growth has been a constant part of my life and the getting up and editing out has been the hardest and most important part.”

“The more we veer away from our true nature, the more unhappy we feel. When we align with our better self, we feel happy and content again.”

“Acquiring wisdom is great but it is not the goal, applying it is.”

“Doing something we do not find difficult or challenging rarely grows us.”

“Life gives every body a second change: It’s called to….grow!Some bodies (or buddies) grow up, others, to the side, but we will all fall down, after”

“There is no adversity that cannot bear a gift and no gift that cannot bring adversity.”

“Mastery is the breeding ground of fresh, creative passion.”

“Your greatest responsibility is to live a life that nourishes your highest truth.”

“The best way to gain power is to give it up.”

“It doesn’t matter if you are a diamond or a lump of coal if you remain buried underground.”

“Accept the past as the past and realize that each new day you are a new person who doesn’t need to carry old baggage into the new day with you. It’s amazing how many people ruin the beauty of today with the sorrows of yesterday. Yesterday doesn’t exist anymore! For example, if ever I feel foolish or guilty about something I’ve done, I learn from it and attempt to do better the next time. Shame or guilt serves no one. Such feelings actually keep us down, often lowering the vibrations of those around us, as well. Living in the present moment is the recurring baptism of the soul, forever purifying every new day with a new you.”