The Sponge-like Constant Learners

“Children, in a way, are constant learners.
Certainly sponge-like; absorbing everything without careful analysis,
even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.”

~ Yo-Yo Ma,
Cellist, Educator, Composer, Humanitarian & Grammy Award Winner(15x)

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Define YOUR Kryptonite

“Until you define your Kryptonite, you will always be vulnerable to destruction.”

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

Laughing at Obstacles

“Don’t take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself,
and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

~ Halle Berry,
Actress, Model & Film Producer

Cans & Cannots

Lucille Ball and John Wayne

“I think knowing what you cannot do
is more important than knowing what you can.”

~ Lucille Désirée Ball,
Comedienne, Model,
Film and Television Actress
and Studio Executive

Taking the Time to Raise Them

“I know I did the right thing
by taking time off to raise my son.”

~ Arsenio Hall,
Comedian, Actor, Talk Show Host,
NAACP Image Award (1988) & American Comedy Award (1989)

Even Better the Next Day

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“I always wanted to be someone better
the next day than I was the day before.”

~ Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE
Actor, Director, Writer & Diplomat
British Academy Film Award Winner, Academy Award (Oscar) Winner,
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE),
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Winner & Grammy Award Winner

Cognizant of Self & The Enemy

“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself,
you are certain to be in peril.”

~ Sun Tzu,
a.k.a. Sun Wu
General, Military Strategist & Philosopher

Learn Something Every Day

“Even now, at 82 years old, if I don’t learn something every day,
you know what I think? It’s a day lost.”

~ B. B. King,
a.k.a. Riley Benjamin King
Blues Singer, Electric Guitarist,
Songwriter, Record Producer, Philanthropist,
Co-Founder – Foundation for the Advancement of Inmate Rehabilitation and Recreation

An Emotional & Intellectual Art Experience

“What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time
is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience,
that’s a combination of both of those things
and is informed by my knowledge
and something new that I see the artist doing.”

~ Cheech Marin,
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Writer,
Voice Actor & Activist

The Journey That Teaches

“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.”

~ Drake,
a.k.a. Aubrey Drake Graham
Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer & Actor

Fear Not, Understand More

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”

~ Marie Curie,
Physicist, Chemist,
Nobel Prize – Physics (1903) &
Nobel Prize – Chemistry (1911)

Love & Knowledge

“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”

~ Bertrand Russell,
Philosopher, Logician, Mathematician, Historian, Writer,
Social Critic, Political Activist & Nobel Laureate

Her Body, Talent & Brain

“I don’t want my body to be a distraction
from my talent or my brain.”

~ Shania Twain,
Singer & Songwriter

Be Beautiful & Brainy

“I was a little fat pudgy kid with big thick glasses,
and I was quiet and never said a word, you know –
teachers loved me, straight-A student.
Growing up in Texas, you were either pretty or smart.
Smart didn’t get you very far, because there weren’t
too many job opportunities for women.
I wondered why you couldn’t be both.

~ Morgan Fairchild
a.k.a Patsy Ann McClenny,
Actress & SAG-AFTRA Board

One Generation, A Single Lifetime

“There are more than eight-million millionaires in the United States today. Most of them are self-made.
They started with nothing an earned all their money within one generation.
The 10 wealthiest multi-billionaires in the US all started with nothing
and earned their money in a single lifetime”

~ Brian Tracy,
Author, Keynote Speaker,
Entrepreneur & Business Coach

Fear Aware

“Being aware of your fear is smart.
Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.”

~ Seth Godin ,
Author, Entrepreneur, Marketer, and Public Speaker

Know, Love & Believe It

“If you want to be successful,
it’s just this simple:
Know what you are doing.
Love what you are doing,
and believe in what you are doing.”

~ William Penn Adair “Will” Rogers ,
Cowboy, Vaudeville Performer, Humorist, Newspaper Columnist,
Social Commentator, Stage Actor & Motion Picture Actor

Considered as An Expert

“A winner knows how much he still has to learn,
even when
he is considered an expert by others;
a loser wants to be considered an
expert by others
before he has learned enough to know
how little he knows.”

~ Sydney J. Harris,
Journalist, Author, Drama Critic, Teacher & Lecturer

Colors of the Skin

“You think I’m an ignorant savage
And you’ve been so many places
I guess it must be so
But still I cannot see
If the savage one is me
How can there be so much that you don’t know?
You don’t know.

… … …

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But, if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You’ll learn things you never knew, you never knew.”

~ Stephen Schwartz, Lyricist & Alan Menken, Composer,
Colors of the Wind song from Walt Disney Pictures’ Pocahontas (1995)

Where Ignorance Was Better

“I know of no time in human history
where ignorance was better than knowledge.”

~ Neil deGrasse Tyson,
Astrophysicist, Cosmologist, Author & Science Communicator

Be a Great Spirit, Instead

“Great spirits
have always faced
violent opposition
from mediocre minds.”

~ Albert Einstein,
Theoretical Physicist &
Nobel Prize for Physics (1921)

Involving, Fun & Creative

“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun,
and it has to exercise your creative instincts.”

~ Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson,
Business Magnate & Investor

I Know I Can!

“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it,
I know I can achieve it.”

~ Jesse Jackson,
Civil Rights Activist, Baptist Minister
& Shadow U.S. Senator (District of Columbia, 1991-1997)

You, Him & Everyone Else

“80% of people’s problems are about how they feel about themselves.”

“Stop being tormented by everyone else’s reaction to you.”

“Today, Lord, I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory.
I realize that there are many different people in the world with a variety of opinions and expectations.
I will concentrate on being a God-pleaser and not a self-pleaser or man-pleaser.
The rest I leave in Your hands, Lord. Grant me favor with You and with men
and continue transforming me into the image of Your dear Son. Thank You Lord.”

~ Joyce Meyer,
Author, Speaker

Like They Are the Hottest Thing

“… Read packaged food labels like they’re the hottest thing from Oprah’s book club.”

~ Joseph M. Mercola ,
Osteopathic Physician,
Entrepreneur & Natural Health Expert