#affirmation

Life likes to be taken by the lapel and told, "I'm with you kid. Let's go! ↗

— Maya Angelou

#inspirational #inspirational

life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one ↗

— Stella Adler

#art #creativity #art

I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that. ↗

— John Green

#fathers #pride #sons #father

Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#arise #both #commitment #dangers #else

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. ↗

— Romain Gary

#befalls #declaration #dignity #him #humor

There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bigotry #challenges #confidence #conflict-resolution #courage

One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others. There was a time when I felt lousy about my over-forty body, saw myself as too fat, too this, or too that. Yet I fantasized about finding a lover who would give me the gift of being loved as I am. It is silly, isn't it, that I would dream of someone else offering to me the acceptance and affirmation I was withholding from myself. This was a moment when the maxim "You can never love anybody if you are unable to love yourself" made clear sense. And I add, "Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#inspirational #love #self-acceptance #self-love #dreams