This page is dedicated to several people who have inspired my life. Of course Maya Angelou made the list several times :) Enjoy!
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Author Unknown
Martin Luther King Jr.
Johnny Cochran
Malcolm X
Jill Scott
Lauryn Hill
Terry McMillan
Patti LaBelle
Chaka Khan
Oprah Winfrey
Halle Berry
Harriet Tubman
Maya Angelou
Michelle Obama
President Barack Obama
"You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your
simple presence can make others happy." ***
-Author Unknown
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
"I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.”
-Johnny Cochran
-Malcolm X
"Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you
can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives."
-Jill Scott
"Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work."
-Lauryn Hill
"We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations
of everybody else."
-Lauryn Hill
"Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being
down, when we could use that same energy -- if not less of it -- doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things
we really want to do.”***
-Terry McMillan
"So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva."
-Patti LaBelle
"I think the whole reason for my life is in there somewhere. "
-Chaka Khan
"We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are." ***
-Oprah Winfrey
"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."***
-Oprah Winfrey
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." ***
"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody
who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."***
-Oprah Winfrey
"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."
-Halle Berry
"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
"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have
the courage to accept the love in return." ***
-Maya Angelou
"Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."
-Maya Angelou
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." ***
-Maya Angelou
"All great achievements require time."
-Maya Angelou
"I believe that every person is born with talent. "
-Maya Angelou
"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
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." ***
-Maya Angelou
"And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to
stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people
say, "Can I be of help?"
-Maya Angelou
"Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation."
-Michelle Obama
"One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.
And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am."
- Michelle Obama
"Higher education can't be a luxury — it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford."
-President Barack Obama