Simply More Quotes

“If it bores the life out of you, it's not your life.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much

“It's hard to become what we don't see”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much

“The bigger the dream, the bigger the steps needed to achieve it. Everything is possible.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“Some flowers, like the peony, bloom against all the odds. But most need to be tended and cared for before they brave the light and open their petals to the sun.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much

“If it's yours, my friend, you cannot hold it back.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much

“If it’s boring the life out of you”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“We don’t always know why we’re called to do something. We just know what that insistence feels like in our solar plexus. And we know how to answer “yes.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“If”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“The child who asks too many questions? She becomes someone who seeks to understand and solve problems. The one who’s too talkative? She uses her voice to speak up for herself and others. That other one”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“I talked too much; I was too loud; I was too nosy”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“later”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“Little me was bossy”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“What you give out will come back to you.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“On those days when I’ve been able to overcome my own resistance”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“As humans”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“I often don’t listen to music”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“Still”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“Our deepest desires lead us where we want to go. Where we are meant to be.)”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“To every single being trying their hardest to discover who they are”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“When you’re an outsider all the time, you’re busy watching everything and everyone. It’s the best way to be safe. People are busy not talking to you while you’re busy watching how they talk to other people, figuring them out. And by noticing your surroundings in such tiny specifics, you can’t help but find sparks of radiance and glee.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“Aretha earned me an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, and I was nominated for an Oscar for both Best Original Song and Best Actress for Harriet. I own those accolades and was so grateful for them. Added to the wins of The Color Purple, I was three-quarters of the way to an EGOT at thirty.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much

“Is there someone in your life you can make a pact with; to care for, to be kind to, to support? Life is hard enough as it is; commit to helping another person and let that person commit to helping you.”
― Cynthia Erivo, Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much