PERSONAL GROWTH
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Positive affirmations are powerful tools—short phrases or quotes you can repeat to quiet challenging thoughts and reframe your perspective.
What story are you telling yourself? Are you speaking with kindness and encouragement?
To get you started, here are some affirmations to inspire a positive shift.
“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. ”
“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. ”
“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 ”
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
— Maya Angelou
“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. ”
“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”
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
“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.”
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.-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. ”
“There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.”
— Matt Haig
“you have walked through fire survived floods and triumphed over demons remember this the next time you doubt your own power”
“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.”
“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.”
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”
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
— Maya Angelou