Reaching for a Dream

“This is for all of you out there …, reaching for a dream – don’t ever give up!
Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!”

~ Mariah Carey,
Singer, Song-writer, Actress, Record Producer & Philanthropist

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Overcoming Tough Things

“I think everybody has tragedy in their life. Everybody has hurdles in their life.
Everybody has tough things to overcome.
My kids say to me, ‘This isn’t fair.’ I said, ‘Life isn’t fair.’
Everybody has their issues. It’s how you handle your issues that distinguishes you.”

~ Maria Owings Shriver,
Journalist, Author,
First Lady of California (November 2003-January 2011)
Peabody Award Winner, Emmy Awards Winner,
& Academy of Television Art & Sciences Award Winner

To Be Ever So Alive

“A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition, but no love is dead.
A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.”

~ Pearl Bailey,
Singer, Actress & Author
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1976)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1988).
Tony Award (1968) & Daytime Emmy Award (1986)

Caring for Each Other & Ourselves

“Everyone of us needs to show
how much we care for each other
and, in the process, care for ourselves.”

~ Diana Frances Windsor,
Princess of Wales

A Mighty Foundation

“The purpose of God’s blessing is to enable you to be a great channel of blessing to others.
If you have nothing, there is nothing you can do for anyone else;
if you have a little, you can only help a little;
but if you have plenty, there is a whole lot you can do.
When you are blessed, you have a mighty foundation
from which to impact others. You are blessed to be a blessing.”

~ Brian Houston,
Executive Producer, TV Host, College President, Author & Pastor

Do YOU Believe in Your Abilities?

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities!
Without a humble, yet reasonable confidence
in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.”

~ Dr. Norman Vincent Peale,
Author & Minister

Walk Through the Stereotypes

“Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.”

~ Forest Whitaker,
Actor, Producer, Director, Academy Award (2006), British Academy Film Award (2006), Golden Globe Award (2006),
National Board of Review Award (2006), Screen Actors Guild Award (2006), Hollywood Actor of the Year Award (2006),
American Riviera Award (2007) & Hollywood Walk of Fame (2007)

Look at Life in the Best Way You Can

“I think beauty comes from within.
If you’re happy and look at life in the best way you can,
even when there are problems,
it can make you beautiful on the outside.”

~ Faith Hill,
Singer, Actress & Record Producer

Those Who Do the Most

“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest
are those who do the most for others.”

~ Booker T. Washington,
Educator, Author, Orator & Advisor to Presidents

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Being Chosen

“Anti-Semitism is jealousy w/ ignorance.
Being a chosen group = the Jewish people/nation being an example for all of us of the
blessings each of us gets as chosen individuals/chosen children of God.”

~ Michelle ‘Chaella’ Boddie

 

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#Anti-Semitism is #jealousy w/ #ignorance. Being #chosen group = an #example for #all
of #blessings #each of us gets as #chosen #individuals.

~ @BoddieMichelle

You Are A Treasure

“Loving oneself isn’t hard, when you understand who and what ‘yourself’ is.
It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes,
the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes.
It’s so beyond all of those things
and it’s what gives life to everything about you.
Your own self is such a treasure.”

~ Phylicia Rashad,
Actress, Singer, Stage Director, NAACP Image Award,
Tony Award (2004) & Drama Desk Award

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Reinventing the Self

“When things are bad, it’s the best time to reinvent yourself.”

~ George Lopez,
Comedian, Actor, Talk Show Host, Imagen Vision Award (2003),
Latino Spirit Award for Excellence in Television (2003),
National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award,
& One of “The Top 25 Hispanics in America” by Time (2005)

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

Virtuoso of Self

“One can have no smaller or greater
mastery than mastery of oneself.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci,
Polymath: Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Musician,
Mathematician, Engineer, Inventor, Anatomist,
Geologist, Cartographer, Botanist & Writer

The Way CJ Said To

“But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.”

~ Michael Jackson,
Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Dancer & Actor.

The Sweetest Satisfaction

“Success is the sweetest revenge.”

~ Vanessa Lynn Williams ,
Singer, Actress, Producer, Fashion Designer,
former Fashion Model & Miss America (1984)

Living Dreams

“I’ve been blessed to live my dream more than half my life,
so I want to help give that back to someone else.”

~ Mariah Carey,
Singer, Song-writer, Actress, Record Producer & Philanthropist

A Wildfire of Kindness

“When you are kind to someone in trouble,
you hope they’ll remember
and be kind to someone else,
and it’ll become like a wildfire.”

~ Whoopi Goldberg
a.k.a. Caryn Elaine Johnson,
Actress, Comedienne & Television Host
Academy/Oscar Award, Drama Desk Award, Daytime Emmy Award (2x)
Golden Globe Award (2x), Grammy Award, BAFTA Award,
Tony Award, People’s Choice Award (3x)
American Comedy Award (2x), Mark Twain Award for American Humor,
Women in Film Crystal Award, Honorary Member of Harlem Globetrotters,
Hans Christian Anderson Award & Ride of Fame Award

Justified Resentment!

“The worst resentment that anybody can have
is one you feel justified to keep.”

~ Louis Gossett, Jr.,
Actor, Academy Award (1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman)
Emmy Award (1977 miniseries Roots)

You Will Make It!

“If you are hardworking and determined,
you will make it and that’s the bottom line’’.

~ Isabel dos Santos,
Investor

Don’t Rob It, Bless It!

“You must decide if you are going to rob the world or bless it
with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped
resources locked away within you.”

~ Myles Munroe,
Inspirational / Motivational Speaker,
Founder of Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI),
Founder of Myles Munroe International (MMI),
Author

No Doubt About It

“… The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

~ Sylvia Plath,
Poet, Novelist, Short Story Writer

You are Special & Worthy

“Believe that you are special. Believe that you are worthy.
Believe that you are here for beautiful-things.
Exude positive energy and positive energy will, in turn, surround you..”

~ Codie Surratt,

Intellectually Made

“When you make a decision to forgive, it’s a decision that you have to make intellectually.”

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

Are We Mentoring?

“I try to mentor as many people as I can.”

~ Betty W. Liu,
News Anchor, Business Journalist, Author,
Dow Jones Newswires Award (1997),
“Top 30 Business Journalists Under 30 List (2000-2002, 3x)
& Central High School’s Alumni Hall of Fame (2011)