#ions

My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way ↗

— Ali Shariati

#faith #friend #funny #god #humor

The city became for me the ideal of what I wanted to be as a grown-up. Friendly, but never gushing, cool but not frigid or distant, distinguished without the awful stiffness. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#children-s-reminiscences #inspirational #inspirational

I dont want to be a super model. I want to be a role model. ↗

— Queen latifiah

#inspirational #inspirational

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. ↗

— Richard Cushing

#inspirational #inspirational

I can only control my actions, not their reactions," Senna replied. "But I have to live with both. ↗

— Amber Argyle

#inspirational #inspirational

The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second. ↗

— Aberjhani

#life-lessons #love #peace #peacekeeping #philosophy

Fear doesn't shut you down, it wakes you up ↗

— Veronica Roth

#factions #hard-life #inspirational #society #inspirational

Let the love grow. Your mistake would be to rush it. Never allowing the seeds you've planted to grow, is all you'll be doing. Everything takes time. Nothing blooms overnight. If you want that man to stay in your life you must be the woman in the relationship. Men if you want that woman to stay, you must be the man in the relationship. Nothing just comes to you. If you want it, you have to try and even sacrifice. No pain, no gain. That's life, whether you accept it or not it's going to always stay the same. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#love #man #relationships #romance #woman

I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you..." "You cannot roll with me," said the Big O, "but perhaps you can roll by yourself. ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#relationships #self-confidence #inspirational

When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm--her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#mentoring #occupations #role-models #success #inspirational