All posts tagged: Quotes

Words of Wisdom from the Wisest of Them All, Oprah Winfrey

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Today marks the 30th anniversary of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which premiered on September 8, 1986. The series, which is considered by many to be the best talk show of all time, lasted 25 seasons, running nationally from 1986 to 2011. The show’s host, Oprah Winfrey, is an icon and a national treasure whose wisdom, generosity, intelligence, and strength shines through all that she does. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of her talk show, here are just a few of Winfrey’s greatest quotes: “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” “It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.” “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” “The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.” “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” “The biggest adventure you …

My Favorite Quotes from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “We Should All Be Feminists”

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“The person more qualified to lead is not the physically stronger person. It is the more intelligent, the more knowledgeable, the more creative, more innovative. And there are no hormones for those attributes.” “Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. But I am also hopeful, because I believe deeply in the ability of human beings to remake themselves for the better.” “What struck me – with her and with many other female American friends I have – is how invested they are in being ‘liked’. How they have been raised to believe that their being likeable is very important and that this ‘likeable’ trait is a specific thing. And that specific thing does not include showing anger or being aggressive or disagreeing too loudly.” “We spend too much time teaching girls to worry about what boys think of them. But the reverse is not the case. We don’t teach boys to care about being likeable.” “Gender matters …

Happy Earth Day!

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I’m no scientist, but this I know: if we continue treating our planet without care or compassion, the repercussions will be insurmountable. This Earth Day, lets not only celebrate our beautiful world, but also acknowledge the threats we pose to our environment and the need to take action! Here are a few web-based resources where you can learn more about what’s threatening our environment today: Non-profit environmental institutions: World Resources Institute, Greenpeace, Air & water pollution: National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, Oceana Climate change: Climate Action Network, The Climate Institute, Endangered animal life: World Wildlife Fund, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Animal agriculture: United Nations Environment Programme, PETA Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion. – Dianne Feinstein War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn’t surprise us. All those bombs going off, all …

Words of Wisdom from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” “The time is always right to do what is right.” “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality…I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over …

Need a Pep-Talk? Here are 15 Quotes to Brighten Your Day

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With my first semester of graduate school coming to an end, I’ve been seriously stressed out and my self-esteem has suffered as a result. Whether there’s something going on at work or at home, or you’re just in a rut that you can’t explain, we all need a pep-talk sometimes. Here are 15 quotes that help me get through those rough days, weeks, or months.   “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt “The more we do, the more we can do.” – William Hazlitt “We may encounter many defeats, but we must never be defeated.” – Maya Angelou “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk “In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.” – Jane Smiley “There is no passion to be found in playing small – in settling for …

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Love, Life, & Greatness

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” “Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.” “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” “Beauty without expression is boring.” “Earth laughs in flowers.” “In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” “He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” “Every artist was first an amateur.” “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” “There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.” “To be great is to be misunderstood.” “Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession of all time.” “Money …

Audre Lorde On Fear, Strength, Living, & Learning From Our Differences

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“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.” “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” “Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.” “When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.” “Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.” “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” “Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.” “When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.” “Art is not living. It is the use …

Quentin Tarantino on Good Ideas, Hollywood & Filmmaking

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Some love his work, others hate his work, but all know his work. I happen to belong to the first group, so today, in honor of Quentin Tarantino’s birthday, I’d like to share a few of my favorite Tarantino quotes. “If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.” “The good ideas will survive.” “To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I’m writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I’m going to play for the opening sequence.” “I steal from every movie ever made.” “I’m not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.” “I couldn’t spell anything. I couldn’t remember anything, but I could go to a movie and I knew who starred in it, who directed it, everything.” “All of my movies are achingly personal.” “If I wasn’t a film-maker, I’d be a film critic. It’s the only thing I’d be qualified to do.” “Movies are not …

Bob Marley: Words of an Icon

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“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you’re riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” “None but ourselves can free our minds.” “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” “The greatness of man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” “If you’re white and you’re wrong, then you’re wrong; if you’re black and you’re wrong, then you’re wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green – God make no rules about color: only society make rules where people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now.” “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!” “In this bright future you can’t forget your past.” “Me only have one ambition, y’know. I only have one thing I …

Martin Scorsese on Culture, Cinema, and Celluloid

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“Can a film really change anything? I mean, what was the last time? Maybe the Italian neo-realists, where they became the voice and the heart and the soul of Italy, a nation that had been destroyed. I don’t know.” “A lot of what I’m obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and their family, particularly brothers and their fathers.” “Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god. I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.” “There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn’t do that. I’m not a pro.” “The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of the beginnings.” “I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise …