Inspirational Quotes

Nothing happens without waiting. The seed in the ground does not become a tree overnight. It goes through seasons, nurturing, watering, pruning before it bears fruit.

~ Ngina Otiende

It is always necessary to acknowledge creative injuries and grieve them. Otherwise, they become creative scar tissue and block your growth.

~ Julia Cameron

Like seeds we start small, grow together and stand tall

~ Evy Michaels

I have gotten where I am today by refusing to stay where I was. Change is something I have done over and over again.

~ Danielle Bernock

Even when life knocks me around, I will not lose hope. For you see, nothing is ever personal Just a chance for me to grow.

~ Nikki Rowe

Feeling uncomfortable is the first step towards growth.

~ L.k. Elliott

Somewhere along the journey i lost myself; i learnt to be who they told me to be, i lived that girl for decades until their truth showed me; the words they were preaching didnt match the the steps they were walking, so i was done with their opinion and went on my unique way.

~ Nikki Rowe

she will change the world someday, her cure of love in a world gone mad; is the gentle kind of touch that will teach women to grow and men to rise.

~ Nikki Rowe

i love the moments i lost a little faith, spirit would always remind me; it was just a bad day.

~ Nikki Rowe

Sometimes violence cannot be stopped no matter what we do. But the more peaceful we are, the better chance we have of bringing out the peace in those around us.

~ Judith Orloff

If at the moment when someone cuts us off in traffic or breaks our heart or begins bombing our ancestral village, we could withdraw from judging mode, and enter this other, more accepting mode, we could paradoxically, make ourselves more powerful. By resisting the urge to reduce, in order to subsequently destroy, we keep alive - if only for a few seconds more - the possibility of transformation. -The Thought Experiment

~ George Saunders

The way surviving hard winters makes a tree grows stronger, the growth rings inside it tighter

~ Haruki Murakami

The “growing” we attribute to becoming more mature, could be more accurately described as “shrinking,” as we cut away the nonsense that emotionally weighs us down.

~ Steve Maraboli

We grow when the walls press in. We grow when life steals our control. We grow in darkness.

~ Mary E. Demuth

Sometimes we focus on the lyrics too much and forget to dance to the music.

~ Alexa Anderson

I understand true life doesn't happen when I constantly gaze backwards, mulling over all the injustices others have done or I have done to others.

~ Mary E. Demuth

The doing and the daring are the magic keys to unlocking the treasure chest.

~ Reba Linker

The name Aziza is of Arabic origin and means precious. I call her Sitti, the Arabic village word for my grandmother. Although Sitti stands true to her name, someone is always telling her she isn’t precious. As she grows into womanhood, Sitti hides from her thoughts, her voice, and her own shadow. She doesn’t want to draw attention to herself, not even from the rays of sun that bless the entire land. But no one looks at an olive tree and asks it why it hides its fruit. It blossoms when it’s ready and under the right conditions. As Sitti grows up, it did not occur to her that this could be the case for herself.

~ Sadiqua Hamdan

Every interaction presents an opportunity for growth, one of the keys to our limitless potential.

~ Simon Boylan

Inspiration is born when our passion becomes greater than our fear.

~ Terri Frey Maxwell

Never make someone a priority when they only see you as an option.

~ Mary Mihalic

Happiness is a state of mind and not a state of possession. Be as you are and you will be happy, if you try to be someone else you will be miserable.

~ Apoorve Dubey

My faith has strengthen. God has shown me through my son with Down syndrome to not take anything for granted. I'm more grateful.

~ Yvonne Pierre

Something to remember... You only get one chance to grow and live, so make it Beautiful!

~ Sierra Lawrimore

You shouldn't throw stones if you live in a glass house and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch yo mouth: cause I'll break yo face.

~ 50 Cent

What is needful is necessary.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Use social media for good and lift others up, not tear them down. Stay on the high road. Keep your peace.

~ Germany Kent

Is there anything that can replace life?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

To hate is to harm.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Not everything that is seen is visible.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Is the any model like morality?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A man must learn from his own mistakes, to be what he wishes to be.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The balance of life, every loss is a gain. And every gain is a loss.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If we do right, we shall rejoice.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If a man is cruel, he destroy himself.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Nothing is the truer than the Truth.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The eye of a man is never satisfied with seeing.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Grace is more desirable than gold.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Act as you wish.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Truth is truth.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita