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“Strange things are always abounding. Watch and discern. There is always a lesson to be learned.


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― Vanessa Richardson, Love Found Me

“Certain ones will find the hidden door leading to success.”
― vanessa richardson, Love Found Me

“You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.”
― Les Brown, The Power of Purpose

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“You're not Forsaken. You're Chosen for Purpose.”
― Vanessa Richardson, The Certain Ones: You're not Forsaken. You're Chosen for Purpose.

“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

“Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it.”
― Zora Neale Hurston

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”
― Zora Neale Hurston

“It was the meanest moment of eternity.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.”
― Zora Neale Hurston

“I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature somehow has given them a lowdown dirty deal and whose feelings are all hurt about it. Even in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road

“Love is precious. Treasure it and those who give it. Lavish it more on those who don't. ”
― Shalonda "Treasure" Williams

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams

“I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

“Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your brash and insolent beauty, your heavy comedic face and knowledge of sweet delights, but from a distance I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.”
― Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise

“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
― Maya Angelou

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
― John Wooden