#being

I just feel like I'm the luckiest person in the world being able to do what I love and be able to do it all day every day if I like, you know, I mean it's great, I love it. ↗

— Faith Ringgold

#all day #being #day #every #every day

Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life. ↗

— Deborah Day

#happiness #personal-growth #well-being #change

Fame is fun, money is useful, celebrity can be exciting, but finally life is about optimal well-being and how we achieve that in dominator culture, in a greedy culture, in a culture that uses so much of the world’s resources. How do men and women, boys and girls, live lives of compassion, justice and love? And I think that’s the visionary challenge for feminism and all other progressive movements for social change. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#justice #progressivism #visionary #well-being #change

Where other women ... were lovely, Annie Gamache was alive. Late, too late, Jean Guy Beauvoir had come to appreciate how very important it was, how very attractive it was, how very rare it was, to be fully alive. ↗

— Louise Penny

#love

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#alright #alternative #being #better #here

He was seething inside with a new emotion. Nothing seemed very important anymore except the Princess. He was single-minded about her. He was enchanted. He was possessed. He was in love. ↗

— Ken Follett

#love

An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-yourself #confidence #knowing-who-you-are #loving-yourself #seeking-validation

Single |sin•gle| (adjective) - Too fabulous to settle. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-single #fabulous #loving-yourself #not-settling #positive-thinking

Single ladies, we are not Damsels in Distress…we are Divas that Impress! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#damsels-in-distress #divas #divas-that-impress #positive-thinking #single

Someone out there is looking for exactly what you've got…and will never try and undercut your value or question your worth. Some things in life just can’t be bartered over or placed on the sale rack – and your self-worth is at the top of the list. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#loving-yourself #not-settling #self-worth #standards #value