Inspiring Quotes
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Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess.
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He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.
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If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway.
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Money cannot help lifting its head.
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Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind.
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Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.
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But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones – that's inspiring to me.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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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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Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.
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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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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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Autumn's the mellow time.
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I used to go on college campuses 25 years ago and announce I was a feminist, and people thought it meant I believed in free love and was available for a quick hop in the sack. ... Now I go on college campuses and say I'm a feminist, and half of them think it means I'm a lesbian. How'd we get from there to here without passing "Go"?
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I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes.
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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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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
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Fun is about as good a habit as there is.
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Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.
