โMy biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You donโt have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.โ ~ Viola Davis
25.02.2026 13:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โHave a vision of excellence, a dream of success, and work like hell.โ ~ Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook
24.02.2026 13:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"To soar toward what's possible, you must leave behind what's comfortable." ~ Cicely Tyson
23.02.2026 13:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative." ~ James Baldwin
22.02.2026 16:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Wisdom is higher than a fool can reach." ~ Phillis Wheatley
21.02.2026 17:13 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"I don't like to lose โ at anything โ yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks." ~ Serena Williams
20.02.2026 14:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โIf you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself.โ ~ Gabrielle Union
19.02.2026 13:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โSuccess is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.โ ~ Booker T. Washington
18.02.2026 13:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated." ~ Maya Angelou
17.02.2026 13:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โHold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.โ ~ Langston Hughes
16.02.2026 13:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude." ~ Colin Powell
15.02.2026 14:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โJust donโt give up what youโre trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I donโt think you can go wrong.โ ~ Ella Fitzgerald
14.02.2026 16:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โLife has two rules: number 1, never quit! Number 2, always remember rule number one.โ ~ Duke Ellington
13.02.2026 13:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Life is not a spectator sport. If youโre going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion, youโre wasting your life." ~ Jackie Robinson
12.02.2026 13:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โEvery great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.โ ~ Harriet Tubman
11.02.2026 13:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โThere are two ways of exerting oneโs strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.โ ~ Booker T. Washington
10.02.2026 14:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated." ~ Coretta Scott King
09.02.2026 14:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter." ~ James Earl Jones
08.02.2026 15:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"When they go low, we go high." ~ Michelle Obama
07.02.2026 17:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us." ~ Wilma Rudolph
06.02.2026 13:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"It's not about you or me, but it's about what we can give to this world." ~ Dr. Olivia Hooker
05.02.2026 14:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โLife is challenging, but Iโm always up for a challenge.โ ~ Venus Williams
04.02.2026 12:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
03.02.2026 09:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear." ~ Rosa Parks
02.02.2026 13:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself." ~ Walter Anderson
01.02.2026 16:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly... lead the way!" ~ Steve Maraboli
31.01.2026 17:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"That's a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals." ~ Peter Singer
30.01.2026 14:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity." ~ Douglas Adams
29.01.2026 13:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals." ~ Kallam Anji Reddy
28.01.2026 13:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught." ~ J. C. Watts
27.01.2026 14:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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