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10 Quotes to get you through


“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker

‎”In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature’s way of forcing change — breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.” — Susan L. Taylor

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. ” – Alice Walker

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lena Horne

“Deal with yourself as an individual worthy of respect, and make everyone else deal with you the same way.” – Nikki Giovanni

“If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.” – Nikki Giovanni

“A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.” – Pearl Bailey

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou

 
 
 

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