"Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change"

-- Iyanla Vanzant

#Inspiring Quotes #Empowering Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood”

Source : Daniel O'Connell (1906). “Daniel O'Connell: His Early Life, and Journal, 1795 to 1802”
“For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible. With a single stroke we are freed from bondage; nothing clings to us and we hold nothing. All is empty, clear, self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's power.”
“Everyone's future is, in reality, uncertain and full of unknown treasures from which all may draw unguessed prizes.”
“Don't let ignorance blind you. Open your eyes, heart and your mind. And if you're feeling alone, know that the world can be a lonely place, but it would be lonelier without you in it.”
“If you destroy the credibility of those people or institutions that could undermine your own, you create an opportunity for your voice, however irresponsible or misleading it may be, to gain traction.”

Source : "Sarah Palin’s Lame Media Strategy" by Rep. John Yarmuth, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 7, 2010.
“Poetry is a big space and I love it.”
“Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That's what made their deaths so tragic.”
“For some reason when I decide to pursue something, I never have any fear that it won't happen. I think it's just ingrained in my brain. Which I guess is a great advantage.”

Source : "Crush of the Week: Kelly Blatz". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. November 9, 2010.

You may also like:

DMX
Rapper
Joel Osteen
Preacher
Michael Beckwith
Author
Nate Berkus
Interior designer
Oprah Winfrey
Media proprietor
Rhonda Britten
Author
Rob Bell
Author
T. D. Jakes
Evangelist
Terrell Owens
Football player