Encouraging Quotes
Sojourner Truth Quotes:
“The Spirit calls me, and I must go.”
“I did not run away, I walked away by daylight….”
“I’m not going to die, I’m going home like a shooting star.”
“I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.”
“Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.”
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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes:
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
“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.”
“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
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Maya Angelou Quotes:
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love.”
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
“If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.”
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“Courage – you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.”
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Corrie Ten Boom Quotes:
“There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.”
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
“You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.”
“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
“Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings...It's something we make inside ourselves.”
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“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” - Henry David Thoreau
“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.” - Helen Keller
“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” - Anne Frank
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Life is Ministry… Live REAL! - Dana’s motto
With Pain Comes Growth… The Only Way Out is THROUGH… - Dana’s favorite recovery quotes
Desiring to pass on what’s been imparted to me along my life journey, next to investing in my children (who are now adults), I consider this my greatest life’s work! - Dana Boland