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30 Powerful Racism Quotes to Combat Prejudice and Injustice

Racism is considered the marginalization and/or oppression of people of color based on a socially constructed racial hierarchy that privileges another race. The term is applied in many areas of a society that perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race or strengthen racial inequalities in education, health care, income, and civil rights.Ever since the 20th century, the concept of biological race is considered a cultural invention that has no scientific basis. The progress over the past half-century has been impressive, but the nation still has a long way to go to reach true racial equality.The following racism quotes contain inspiring perspectives to help you reflect and do whatever you can to make the world a better place for you and generations yet to come. Showing that you care about other people’s well-being, that you are an ally in promoting inclusion and equity, are some great actions you can take to help overcome the consequences of racism.It all starts withawareness. Just because racism doesn’t happen among the people you know, itdoesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Passive racism is probably the most insidiousfactor that contributes to the ongoing problem.Here are 30 quotes on racismquotes to help fight prejudice and injustice:There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race -- scientifically, anthropologically. TONI MORRISON (more Toni Morrison quotes)Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.JAMES BALDWINPeople who insist on dividing the world into 'Us' and 'Them' never contemplate that they may be someone else's 'Them.' RAY A. DAVISHating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong. MUHAMMAD ALIIf you have come to help me you are wasting your time. But if you recognize that your liberation and mine are bound up together, we can walk together. LILA WATSON In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist. ANGELA DAVIS (more Angela Davis quotes)None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath. MARIAN ANDERSON Accomplishments have no color. LEONTYNE PRICEIf you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.DESMOND TUTUAs long as there is racial privilege, racism will never end.WAYNE GERARD TROTMANEvery 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. HARRIET TUBMAN (more Harriet Tubman quotes)It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. AUDRE LORDEI 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 wordMARTIN LUTHER KINGThe very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.TONI MORRISON It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's. BERNARD HARING Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected. KOFI ANNAN One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings. FRANKLIN THOMAS Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible. MAYA ANGELOUThose who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (more Abraham Lincoln quotes)Racism is man’s gravest threat to man -- the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. ABRAHAM HESCHEL Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness. MARK TWAIN When will our conscience grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? ELEANOR ROOSEVELT We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. ANNE FRANK 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. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (more Martin Luther King Jr. quotes)Whoever debases others is debasing himself. JAMES BALDWINNo matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise. MARIAN ANDERSON Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can't just be on people of color to deal with it. It's up to all of us -- Black, white, everyone -- no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. MICHELLE OBAMA No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. NELSON MANDELA (more Nelson Mandela quotes)The beauty of anti-racism is that you don't have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it's the only way forward. IJEOMA OLUO The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. STEPHEN BIKO

17 Kurt Vonnegut Quotes on Understanding the World We Live In
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17 Kurt Vonnegut Quotes on Understanding the World We Live In

Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer who beautifully blended literature with science-fiction and humor.Each of Vonnegut’s novels reveals a unique world where happenings of the 20th century are presented with a touch of irony and revolve around unusual characters. Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions are just three of the books that cemented his reputation.RELATED: Top 20 Stephen King Quotes Before attending University of Chicago, Kurt Vonnegut joined the U.S. army and fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. He was caught and became a prisoner of war. Vonnegut managed to escape because he was working in an underground meat locker.For his contributions to literature, Vonnegut was made a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library was opened in Indianapolis in his honor.Here are 17 Kurt Vonnegut quotes about being kind and noticing your joyful moments.We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music.Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- ‘God damn it, you've got to be kind.’Being a humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point.Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.Science is magic that works.If you can do no good, at least do no harm.There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.Wake up, you idiots! Whatever made you think that money was so valuable?Give me knowledge or give me death!People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

18 Incredible Joe Rogan Quotes to Help You Stay Motivated
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18 Incredible Joe Rogan Quotes to Help You Stay Motivated

When you think of UFC commentary, you think of Joe Rogan. While some love his exuberance behind the mic at the MMA events, others prefer funny Joe that would put up a great stand-up comedy show.Joe Rogan started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1988 and ever since then, he has approached every potentially taboo subject like religion, politics, sex, drugs or terrorism.Joe grew up without his father, as his parents divorced when he was five years old. He remembers flashes of domestic violence, but doesn’t like complaining about his past.At 13 years old he started practicing martial arts and right now Rogan holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This obviously makes him the most intimidating stand-up comedian out there.Since 2009, Rogan gained more fame by running one of the most popular podcasts on YouTube - The Joe Rogan Experience. Each week he invites a public figure to have a long conversation on their story and life in general.Here are 18 incredible Joe Rogan quotes to help you stay motivated.Work for that feeling that you have accomplished something…Don’t waste your time on this earth without making a mark.I love a success story, but even more than a success story; I like a dude who f***s his life up and gets his life together again story.One of the most fascinating lessons I’ve absorbed about life is that the struggle is good.That’s my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.Be cool to people. Be nice to as many people as you can. Smile to as many people as you can, and have them smile back at you.There’s a direct correlation between positive energy and positive results in the physical form.Someone else’s success does not equal a failure for you.The key to happiness doesn’t lay in numbers in a bank account but in the way we make others feel and the way they make us feel.Reality really is a theatre. There’s no other way to describe it. It’s all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic.If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?I truly believe that in order to truly be great at something you have to give into a certain amount of madness.Live your life like you’re the hero in your own movie.The time you spend hating on someone robs you of your own time. You are literally hating on yourself and you don’t even realize it.We define ourselves far too often by our past failures. That’s not you. You are this person right now. You’re the person who has learned from those failures.Kindness is one of the best gifts you can bestow… We know that inherently that feels great.Greatness and madness are next door neighbors and they often borrow each other’s sugar.Excellence in anything increases your potential in everything.By putting yourself in that intense form of stress, it makes regular life more peaceful.

25 David Goggins Quotes To Inspire You To Push Your Limits
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25 David Goggins Quotes To Inspire You To Push Your Limits

David Goggins is an accomplished endurance athlete, motivational speaker, and author. Often referred to as the toughest man alive, Goggins is a strong example of what the human body can achieve when there’s enough willingness and motivation.The now retired Navy SEAL, is proud to be the only member of the U.S. Armed Forces ever to complete training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger and Air Force Tactical Air Controller. Goggins has competed in more than 60 ultra-marathons, triathlons and ultra-triathlons. In 2013, the athlete broke the Guinness World Record as he managed to complete 4,030 pull-ups in 17 hours.Each of David’s achievements seems like something only a super-human could do. However, before becoming famous for his incredible performances, Goggins worked as an exterminator who was out of shape and was living paycheck-to-paycheck. He credits his transformation to self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work. If you want to learn more about shuttingup the voice in your head that says “I can’t”, then you should definitely checkout his book Can't Hurt Me: Master YourMind and Defy the Odds.Here are 25 David Goggins quotes toinspire you to push your limits:The only person who was going to turn my life around was me. The only way I could get turned around was to put myself through the worst things possible that a human being could ever endure.You gotta start your journey. It may suck, but eventually you will come out the other side on top.A lot of us don’t know about another world that exists for us because it’s on the other side of suffering. That’s the real growth in life.The things that we decide to run from are the truth. When you make excuses, you’re running from the truth.We all want to take this four-lane highway, but we always step over the shovel. All I did was pick up that shovel and made my own path.Life is a battle between trying to find more of yourself knowing that the real you is afraid, likes comfort, likes to be patted on the back, and doing what you need to do to get better.If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you can’t see yourself doing something, usually you can’t achieve it.The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself.My happiness is my reflection on the suffering during my journey and knowing that I never quit nor was I guided by anybody on this earth.If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness.Everyday you’re trying to find more of what you’re capable of – and that’s the big question. What are you capable of? Stop doing the things that you do every day. If you run everyday, go swim.The only way that you’re ever going to get to the other side of this journey is by suffering. You have to suffer in order to grow. Some people get it, some people don’t.The only reason why I became successful was because I went towards the truth. As painful and as brutal as it is, it changed me. It allowed me, in my own right, to become the person who I am today.People take classes on self-help, mental toughness, breathing control -- the only way to get tougher is to put yourself in hellacious situations.As humans, we’re reading books everyday to try to figure out how to be someone else. What we don’t do is go inside, turn ourselves inside out, and read our own story. You have to look inside to find out what you really want.We are all great. No matter if you think you’re dumb, fat, been bullied, we all have greatness. You gotta find the courage. It’s going to be hard work, discipline, and the non-cognitive skills -- hard work, dedication, sacrifice -- that will set you apart.Suffering is a test. That’s all it is. Suffering is the true test of life.If you’re not physically and mentally prepared for what life is going to throw at you, then you’re just going to crumble, And then, you’re no good to nobody.We like to live our lives on social media with lies about ourselves about how great we are. Get to the source! Fix the problem.Life is one big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self.You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Callus your mind through pain and suffering. The more things you can do to get outside of that zone that makes you feel good, the stronger your mind is going to get. It starts getting used to doing things like this. It’s not fun, but now my mind is used to it.If you want to get better, do the things that no-one else wants to do. Do the things that no-one is even thinking about doing.I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.

25 Angela Davis Quotes That Celebrate Identity and Equity
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25 Angela Davis Quotes That Celebrate Identity and Equity

Born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama, Angela Davis grew up in ‘Dynamite Hill’, a middle-class neighborhood which was notorious for racial conflict. Its name was given after many African American homes in the area were bombed by the Ku Klux Klan.Davis attended segregated schools and became an activist for civil rights from a young age. As a teenager, she used to organize interracial study groups, which were often broken up by the police.Angela worked hard to transform a strict system and the rigid thinking of others. She spend her entire life traveling, lecturing, and teaching. She advocated for gender equity, civil rights and alliances across color lines, becoming one of the most influential and inspiring voices of the last century.As part of her impressive work on prisoner rights, Davis co-founded Critical Resistance -- an organization that aims to end the prison industrial complex. She has also wrote several books on race, class, and women’s rights, including Women, Culture & Politics.To this day, Davis remains an icon for courage, determination and justice.Here are 25 Angela Davis quotes that celebrate identity and equity:You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change… I’m changing the things I cannot accept.If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.It is important not only to have the awareness and to feel impelled to become involved, it’s important that there be a forum out there to which one can relate, an organization- a movement.Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.Feminism insists on methods of thought and action that urge us to think about things together that appear to be separate, and to disaggregate things that appear to naturally belong together.We should seek out all the doors which still remain ajar, however slight the opening might be.But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life.I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.I try never to take myself for granted as somebody who should be out there speaking. Rather, I’m doing it only because I feel there’s something important that needs to be conveyed.I sank deep into the moment, husbanding this delight, hoarding it. For I knew it would be short-lived. Work. Struggle. Confrontation lay before us like a rock-strewn road. We would walk it ... But first the grass, the sun...and the people.It is easy to feel discouraged and simply let go. There is no shame in that. We are, after all, engaged in a struggle that seems, if we look at it using a mainstream political framework and through a mass media prism, unwinnable. On the other hand, if we take a step back, look at things from a broader angle, reflecting on what is happening all over the world and the history of struggle, the history of solidarity movements, it becomes clear, sometimes even obvious, that seemingly indestructible forces can be, thanks to people’s willpower, sacrifices, and actions, easily broken.Well of course there’s been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don’t have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities.To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don't yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it's actually going to be possible.You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

25 Brené Brown Quotes on Courage, Vulnerability, and Shame
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25 Brené Brown Quotes on Courage, Vulnerability, and Shame

Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, best-known for her famous TED talk, "The Power of Vulnerability."Brown has spent nearly two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. All of her groundbreaking findings were included in five books that have easily become #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and Dare to Lead."The Power of Vulnerability" is about expanding perception and embracing our imperfections. Brown's’s approach on how to cultivate courage, compassion, and connection turned a data presentation into one of the top five most-viewed TED talks of all time. Brown has received numerous teaching awards including the Graduate College of Social Work's Outstanding Faculty Award. She is also the first person to have a filmed talk available on Netflix: The Call to Courage.Due to her research, Brown has become an inspiration for millions of people around the world.Here are 25 Brené Brown quotes to help you embrace your vulnerabilities:Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.Vulnerability is not about winning or losing. It’s having the courage to show up even when you can’t control the outcome.Talk about your failures without apologizing.Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.Even to me the issue of 'stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest' sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

20 Wayne Dyer Quotes on Manifesting Your Destiny
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20 Wayne Dyer Quotes on Manifesting Your Destiny

Wayne Dyer was an American self-help author and motivational speaker. He inspired and motivated on such a large scale that he is often referred to as the "father of the modern self-help movement" or the "father of motivation."Dyer spent most of his childhood in orphanages and foster homes after his father turned his back on his family and left Dyer’s mother to raise three small children alone. These experiences gave Wayne the power to move ahead in life and become a self-made man.Your Erroneous Zones, Dyer’s first book, is one of the best-selling books of all times. He was convinced to write it by a literary agent who thought that all of Dyer’s ideas and theories should be put together and shared with others.Dyer continued to build his success with TV appearances, audio tapes, lecture tours, and PBS programs. He also wrote dozens of other books, many of them also best-sellers.Here are 20 Wayne Dyer quotes that will change the way you look at life and others around you.How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be.The more you see yourself as what you'd like to become, and act as if what you want is already there, the more you'll activate those dormant forces that will collaborate to transform your dream into your reality.When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.When you're at peace with yourself and love yourself, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.Each experience in your life was absolutely necessary in order to have gotten you to the next place, and the next place, up to this very moment.I am thankful to all those who said no. It's because of them, I did it myself.The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.If we focus on what's ugly, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and ultimately into our lives.It's easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change.Judgments prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

12 Eric Thomas Quotes to Make You Strive Towards Your Goals
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12 Eric Thomas Quotes to Make You Strive Towards Your Goals

Eric Thomas is an American motivational speaker, author and pastor, who founded his own company to offer education consulting, executive coaching and athletic development.Thomas grew up without a father, was homeless for two and a half years, and struggled in school. Despite this, he committed twelve years to get his four-year degree and eventually went on to completing his PhD.His speeches continue to impact the life of millions who draw strength and resilience from his struggle.Here are 12 Eric Thomas quotes to boost your willpower:The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.I use pain to push me to greatness.Your relationships will either make you or break you and there is no such thing as a neutral relationship. People either inspire you to greatness or pull you down in the gutter, it’s that simple.Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you.When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.Done is better than perfect if perfect ain't done.I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.Success, meaningful success, begins when we take ownership and actively take responsibility for our part in the shortcomings of our life.Be more intentional about the direction we allow our minds to go. Meaning, when you catch yourself thinking negatively, stop! Redirect to something positive.Maybe, just maybe, I was pointing the finger because it was easier to make excuses than it was to make adjustments.Information changes situations.Bottom line, I removed myself from the victim mentality and took control of my life. I'm not just going to take responsibility for the success in my life - I'm going to take responsibility for the failures in my life. When you're willing to accept that you're the problem, you immediately become the solution.

16 Nick Vujicic Quotes on Making the Most Out of Every Day
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16 Nick Vujicic Quotes on Making the Most Out of Every Day

Born without limbs, but getting the best out of this life, Nick Vujicic is a powerful motivational speaker that manages to shake his audience to its very core every single time.Having no arms and legs… imagine that for a second! It should be enough for your brain to take you through a series of events of how life would be like. Now imagine that this same man can swim, surf, play football, and golf.In spite of all the challenges he had to put up with, Vujicic continues to push his limits and has made a name for himself in teaching others about self-love and confidence in the face of disability and adversity. It is ironic how our mind can paralyze us despite us having full control of our bodies; yet extraordinary of what it can offer when unlocked.Here are 16 Nick Vujicic quotes to give you a new perspective on life and fire up the desire to live without limits:If you can't get a miracle, become one.It's a lie to think you're not good enough. It's a lie to think you're not worth anything.The challenges in our lives are there to strengthen our convictions. They are not there to run us over.Don't put your life on hold so that you can dwell on the unfairness of past hurts.Some injuries heal more quickly if you keep moving.Risk, then, is not just part of life. It is life. The place between your comfort zone and yourdream is where life takes place.Fear is the biggest disability of all. And will paralyze you more than being in a wheelchair.Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them.But there is one thing better than going to Heaven and that is to encourage at least one other person to go with me.You may not have a clue of what lies ahead, but it’s better to act on life than simply let life act on you.Adjustments are necessary along the way because life isn't always rosy, but it is always worth living..You should never live according to what you lack.There are two types of risk in life: the danger of trying and the danger of not trying.As long as you are aware and in control of your emotions, negative thoughts can produce positive consequences.I was never crippled until I lost hope.Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

25 Dale Carnegie Quotes to Inspire You to Keep Trying
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25 Dale Carnegie Quotes to Inspire You to Keep Trying

One of the most famous developers of courses in self-improvement, public speaking, and interpersonal skills, Dale Carnegie helped millions of people who got stuck in the self-help section.Dale Carnegie is the author of the groundbreaking book entitled How to Win Friends and Influence People, one of the best-selling self-help books of all time.Carnegie was a man of humble beginnings. He started to teach public speaking classes for adults at the YMCA and within only two years he achieved such popularity that he founded his own Institute.Carnegie knew that in order to find the “recipe”, he had to read the many stories of the most successful people and greatest leaders. This is how he perceived that people skills top the technical ones and that a person’s behavior can be changed by changing one's behavior toward them.The Dale Carnegie Institute has continued to expand and is now operating in 90 countries helping people build their self-confidence, enhance communication and people skills, develop leadership skills, improve attitude and reduce stress.Here are 25 Dale Carnegie quotes to inspire you to keep trying and overcome your fears.It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?Our thoughts make us what we are.Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.You can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument— and that is to avoid it.All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.If you want to keep happiness, you have to share it.We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.