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A positive affirmation is a quote or phrase that you can say to yourself to help you manage challenging thoughts or reframe your thinking pattern.


 What’s your inner narrative, are you speaking to yourself with kindness?

People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort.
— Aristotle 
 

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

— Dalai Lama

 
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. 
— Thich Nhat Hanh
 

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

— Alice Walker

 

“Nobody's free until everybody's free.”

— Fannie Lou Hamer

 
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance
— Bell Hooks

“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of these things and still be calm in your heart.”

— Unknown

 
Creativity is intelligence having fun. 
—  Albert Einstein
 

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything; It is the essence of order and lends to all that is good, just, and beautiful.”

— Plato

 
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid
— Audre Lorde
 
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
— Zig Ziglar
 

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”

— Dalai Lama

If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
— Audre Lorde
 

“Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.”

— Zora N. Hurstonource

 
You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.
— Shirley Chisholm
 
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.-Albert Einstein.
— Albert Einstein
 

"Sometimes I simply remind patients that sooner or later they will have to relinquish the goal of having a better past."

— Irvin D. Yalom, M.D

 
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
— Nikki Giovanni
 

“There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.”

— Matt Haig

 

“I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence.”

— Toni Morrison

 
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
— Ella Fitzgerald
 
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.
— Nelson Mandela
 

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.”

— Shunryu Suzuki

 
It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need
— Amy Poehler
 

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

— Maya Angelou