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“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” ― Angela Davis
“If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself.” ― Gabrielle Union
“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.”― Alice Walker
“Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.” ― Sadie Delany
“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.” ― Maya Angelou
“You’ve just got to follow your own path. You have to trust your heart and you have to listen to the warnings.” ― Chaka Khan
How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things, but by how well we are understood. ― Andrew Grove
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.” — Maya Angelou
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” — Zora Neale Hurston
“Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way. ” ― Nikki Giovanni
“I have standards I don’t plan on lowering for anybody … including myself.” ― Zendaya
“I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.” ― Rihanna
Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. ― Robert Collier
“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” ― Michelle Obama
“Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” ― Toni Morrison
“It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else’s job to take care of me but me.” ― Beyonce Knowles-Carter
“Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine in yourself, so that you can hear it in others.” ― Marian Wright Edelman
“Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.” ― Janelle Monae
“When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” — Dr. Mae Jemison
“I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about me.” — Viola Davis
“When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.” — Solange Knowles
“We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.” ― Shirley Chisholm
“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that can be met with hostility, exclusion, and violence. It can also lead to love, understanding, transcendence, and community.” — Janet Mock
“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” — Madam C.J. Walker
“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” — Michelle Obama
“If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” — Sojourner Truth
“Design the life you want to live.” ― Rachel Roy
“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” — Shirley Chisholm
“No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.” ―
Althea Gibson
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“The voice of a Black woman should always be HERSELF… No edits – no erasure – no pressure – no expectations – no additions – no intruders.” ― Malebo Sephodi
“And anything I have accomplished, I did so not in spite of being a black woman, but because I am a black woman.” ― Gabrielle Union
“I am the essence of magic, its mysteriousness, its beauty and its ability to make things happen when people couldn’t see how!” ― Jenaitre Farquharson
“Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.” ― Audre Lorde
“It’s not about supplication, it’s about power. It’s not about asking, it’s about demanding. It’s not about convincing those who are currently in power, it’s about changing the very face of power itself.” ― Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” ― Harriet Tubman
“Sometimes it’s hard being a girl, and it’s hard being black. Being both is like carrying a double load, but you’re not supposed to complain about it. There are so many things you have to remember about how to be.” ― Christina Hammonds Reed
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ― Lena Horne
“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.” ― Marian Wright Edelman
“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.” ― Nikki Giovanni
“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ― Audre Lorde
“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” ― Toni Morrison
“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” ― Miguel de Cervantes
“Just because I have my standards they think I’m a bitch.” ― Diana Ross
“Don’t be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it’s just death.” ― Lena Horne
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ― Alice Walker
“Don’t agonize, organize.” ― Florynce Kennedy
“Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” ― Mae Jemison
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” ― Alice Walker
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ― Maya Angelou
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” ― Albert Schweitzer
“You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.” ― Michael Dell
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