Don’t Forget to Make a Life

“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

~ Dolly Parton,
Singer-Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Record Producer, Actress, Author,
Businesswoman, Humanitarian, Grammy Awards (8X), Grammy Nominee (46X),
Academy Award Nominee (2X), Country Music Association Awards (10X),
Academy of Country Music Awards (7X), American Music Awards (3X), &
Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award

 

Neglected & Forsaken

“How can you expect to dwell with God forever, if you so neglect and forsake Him here.”

Jonathan Edwards
Theologian, Philosopher & Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900)

Never Met a Single One

“I’ve never met a ‘hater’ that had more than me.”

~ T. D. Jakes, Sr.,
Bishop/Chief Pastor of The Potter’s House,
Author & Filmmaker

This Blessing is Global!

“To hate a nationality,
to hate a location because of its people,
to hate someone
is:
– self-destructive (the acid of hatred is destroying you from the inside out),
– self-cursing (the hatred you’re verbalizing, expressing, acting out, demonstrating and
writing are magnetizing the negativity of the same and worse to happen to you, immediately or later),
– a demonstration of a lack of a measure of intelligence about the Human Family,
and
– a demonstration of a lack of knowledge about The Blessing of Genesis 12:3

~ Michelle ‘Chaella’ Boddie

Resentment is Corrosive

“When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment.
But resentment is corrosive.
It doesn’t affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host.” 

~ Susan L. Taylor,
Editor, Writer & Journalist, Editor-In-Chief – Essence (1981-2000)

Living Your Life Randomly?

“God did not randomly create you.
You should not randomly live your life.

~ Tiphani Montgomery,
Speaker, Social Entrepreneur, Author, Founder – Millions Conference & Co-Founder – The BestSellers Project

Pressures & Needs

“Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.”

~ Desi Arnaz,
a.k.a. Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III,
Actor, Musician, Television Producer, Author,
Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars (2x) & Golden Globe Award (1956)

Don’t They See the Connection?

“Have you ever noticed the people who gossip the most, have the least?
Don’t they see the connection that, “You don’t have the energy to put in YOUR business
because all YOUR energy is in MINE.”

~ T. D. Jakes, Sr.,
Bishop/Chief Pastor of The Potter’s House,
Author & Filmmaker

Egotism

“Egotism – usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.”

~ Barbara Stanwyck,
Actress, Model, Dancer, Emmy Awards (3x), Golden Globe (1983), Honorary Oscar Award (1982), Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1986),
American Film Institute Honorary Lifetime Award (1987), Film Society of Lincoln Center Honorary Lifetime Award (1986),
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Honorary Lifetime Award (1981),
Screen Actors Guild Honorary Lifetime Award (1967) & Hollywood Walk of Fame Star (1960)

Wasting Life

“Our life is our life. If we waste it, we’re fools.”

~ Sissy Spacek,
Actress, Singer, Author, Narrator, New York Film Critics Circle Award – Best Actress,
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award – Best Actress,
Critics’ Choice Award – Best Actress, Golden Globe Award – Best Actress,
Independent Spirit Award – Best Female Lead & Hollywood’s Walk of Fame Star (2011)

Constantly Chasing Success

“If you’re constantly chasing success,
you’re not really living in the moment.”

~ Octavia Lenora Spencer,
Actress, Author,
Awards Recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe, SAG,
Critics’ Choice, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (The Help, 2011)

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Sex So Early

“I know the kind of drama that being sexually active brings to your life.
I felt that if it was good for me to take a break, it might be good for other young girls, too.
You see, I think I would be a whole different person if I hadn’t had sex so early.
Everybody was saying, ‘Do it!’ but nobody ever said, ‘You don’t have to do it’.
I think hearing that would have made a huge difference in my life.”

~ Ananda Lewis,
Television Personality, Model, Social Activist,
Journalist & Spokesperson

Learning to Take Responsibility

“Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility
for your successes and for your failures.
You can’t go blaming others or being jealous.
Seeing somebody else’s success as your failure
is a cancerous way to live.”

~ Kevin Bacon,
Actor, Musician, Hollywood Walk of Fame (2003), Founder – SixDegrees.org,
Independent Spirit Award (2004), Screen Actors Guild Awards (1996, 2010),
Golden Globe (2010), Saturn Award (2013) & Philanthropist

Wasting Minutes No More

“Never waste a minute
thinking about people you don’t like.”

~ Dwight D. Eisenhower,
34th President of the United States (1953-1961),
5-Star General – United States Army,
First Supreme Commander of NATO (1951)

So, Let’s Get Started! OK?

“The biggest failure you can have in life is making the mistake of never trying at all.”

~ Unknown ,

Comfortable Inaction

“There are risks and costs to action. Yet they are far less
than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.”

~ John F. Kennedy,
35th President of the United States (1961-1963)

Style-of-Life Lies

“Euphemisms persist (for some people) because lying
is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.”

~ Bergen Evans,
Professor of English, TV Show Host,
& George Foster Peabody Award (1957)