Inspiring Quotes
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To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.
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The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.
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People need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bible. This is how we need to live life generally. Everything we hear and see we need to evaluate—whether the inspiring writings of the Bible or the inspiring writings of Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, or George Eliot, of Ghandi, Desmond Tutu, or the Dalai Lama.
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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Archives can be inspiring but overwhelming. You have to forget them - especially when the whole world has been knocking them off. Everyone shops the same flea markets.
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The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.
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Fast is only cool if it's melodic and has substance.
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I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes.
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We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.
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I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion with you about how I feel as a black woman, because I don't feel disempowered as a black woman.
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When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them. Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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A true diva is graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless and brave and someone with humility.
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Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.
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I don't feel like I have to please anyone. I feel free. I feel like I'm an adult. I'm grown. I can do what I want. I can say what I want. I can retire if I want. That's why I've worked hard.
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We always know when Jesus is at work because He produces in the commonplace something that is inspiring.
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Money cannot help lifting its head.
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In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat.
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The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.
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I'm learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don't have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.
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I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.
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On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.
