Soul Sisters
We post an uplifting and inspiring quote for you to start your week off on a positive note. We want to motivate you and perhaps even challenge you on how to apply this in your everyday life. Most quotes will apply to men as well, so Soul Brothers are welcome to sign up too.
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Latest Soul Sisters Quotes
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
Well I am telling you there is hope. I have seen it. But it does not come from governments or corporations. It comes from the people.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
The mind is like water. When it is turbulent, is difficult to see. When it is calm, everything becomes clear.
We must not be afraid to put into effect the strength of our own convictions.
There’s no human being who doesn’t dream. We don’t know yet why this plunge into dream-mind and its freedoms is needed, but we do know that imagination is as necessary as air.
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and its passage sweet.
One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.
The best kind of laughter is laughter born of a shared memory.
Yes, I’ve always been a dreamer, and yes, I have always tried. And dreams are special things. But dreams are of no value if they’re not equipped with wings and feet and hands and all that. If you’re going to make a dream come true, you’ve got to work with it. You can’t just sit around. That’s a wish. That’s not a dream.
You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life… to live by and understand by, in about the same sense that she needs sunlight, calcium or love.
As habit is more dependable than inspiration, continued learning is more dependable than talent.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.
I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.
I’m learning that I am not lightning that strikes once. I am the hurricane that comes every single year, and you can expect to see me again soon.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are.
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
Do something today that your future self will thank you for tomorrow.
Anyone who claims to be a leader must speak like a leader. That means speaking with integrity and truth.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Happiness cannot be travel to, owned, burned, worn or consumed. Happiness is a spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.
When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, one life can change the world.
Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.
Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us, but we can't strike them all by ourselves.
Beyond cloud computers and brilliant smartphones, the secret to productivity lies within and between us. It’s about a calmer, more open and undistracted mind, greater self-awareness, and an enhanced capacity for self-transformation.
A woman is whole only when she takes into account her shadow.
The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued.
So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
Life's most urgent questions is: 'What are you doing for others?
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don’t try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.
Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.
I'm very much aware of the duality of being completely heartbroken and madly happy at the same time. Some would say that's some kind of chemical imbalance, but I say it’s a good state. The brain and the body and the heart can accommodate those very, very, very contrasting and conflicting emotions.
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.
A life spent making mistakes is not only honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
Sometimes I write "drink wine" on my to-do-list just so I can feel like I accomplished something.
Do all you can, with what you have, in the time you have, in the place where you are.
Though still very far from being perfect girls, each was slowly learning, in her own way, one of the three lessons all are the better for knowing – that cheerfulness can change misfortune into love and friends; that in ordering one’s self aright one helps others to do the same; and that the power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
Don’t get confused between what people say you are, and who you know you are.
Each person has a uniqueness, a divine spark, a masterpiece within. Our job is to find what that uniqueness is and share it with the world.
When something goes wrong in your life just yell ‘PLOT TWIST,’ and move on.
The ability to find the funny pumps oxygen into adverse situations. With humour, we can lives our lives a little more honestly, and less fearfully, even though we can't make bed things go away.
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.
Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
Encourage, lift and strengthen one another. For the positive energy spread to one will be felt by us all. For we are connected, one and all.
The bad news is that time flies. The good news is that you are the pilot.
What matters in life is not what happens to you, but what you remember and how you remember it.
I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me; become better without noticing it; become sadder, but enjoy living; become more serene, be happy in others; belong to no one, grow in everyone; love the best, comfort the worst; not even hate myself anymore.
Lend someone a hand today. No task is too small. Notice how taking a moment for another person feels.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
You always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.
When women succeed, we all win.
Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.
Every day I wake up and ask myself, "How can I accept myself and others more fully?"
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Your body will be around a lot longer than an expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.
Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
DNA research has revealed that, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or race, humans are 99.9% the same. If you want to foster a greater sense of connection in your life, as you go through your day and encounter someone who you think is different from you, silently say, 'Just like me,' and see what you notice.
The more conscious we become, the more we become aware of unconscious influences working upon our daily choices.
An arrow can only be released when it is pulled back. So when life pushes back, it simply means you’re launching into something amazing.
Seeing something wondrous—a child’s smile, a huge wave crashing on the shore, a giant tree swaying in the wind, a starlit sky—inspires awe, the emotion that lets us know that the world is larger than the little story we’re telling ourselves in any moment.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; If in terms of 10 years, plant trees; If in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.
There is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is just too much good news to justify despair.
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
Admitting you do not know everything shows more wisdom than believing you have all the answers.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Exercise is a celebration of what your body can do, not punishment for what you ate.
The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.
If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done.
A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.
Ego says: “Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace.” Spirit says: “Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.”
