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“Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don’t matter or like you don’t have a place in our American story – because you do. And you have a right to be exactly who you are.”

Michelle Obama

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:01:36-07:00

Michelle Obama

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/do-not-ever-let-anyone-make-you-feel-like-you-dont-matter-or-like-you-dont-have-a-place-in-our-american-story-because-you-do-and-you-have-a-right-to-be-exactly-w/

“When ‘i’ is replaced with ‘we’ even illness becomes wellness.”

Malcolm X

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:07:49-07:00

Malcolm X

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/when-i-is-preplaced-with-we-even-illness-becomes-wellness/

“If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important and you do that by being genuine and humble.”

Nelson Mandela

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:58:59-07:00

Nelson Mandela

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/if-you-want-the-cooperation-of-humans-around-you-you-must-make-them-feel-they-are-important-and-you-do-that-by-being-genuine-and-humble/

“Revolution begins with the self, in the self.”

Toni Cade Bambara

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:09:23-07:00

Toni Cade Bambara

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/revolution-begins-with-the-self-in-the-self/

“Without community there is no liberation…but community must not mean a shedding of our difference nor the pathetic premise that these differences do not exist.”

Audre Lorde

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:04:59-07:00

Audre Lorde

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/without-community-there-is-no-liberationbut-community-must-not-mean-a-shedding-of-our-difference-nor-the-pathetic-premise-that-these-differences-do-not-exist/

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”

Bruce Lee

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:07:16-07:00

Bruce Lee

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/knowing-is-not-enough-we-must-apply-willing-is-not-enough-we-must-do/

“If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.”

Nikki Giovanni

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:01:49-07:00

Nikki Giovanni

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/if-you-dont-understand-yourself-you-dont-understand-anybody-else/

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

Malcolm X

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:07:05-07:00

Malcolm X

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/education-is-the-passport-to-the-future-for-tomorrow-belongs-to-those-who-prepare-for-it-today/

“…With faith I do hear to listen. Two hands that fist. When forced pushes to shove. And your ego won’t submit. I am gifted. I am all of this. And indeed the s_ _ _.”

Jill Scott

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:08:30-07:00

Jill Scott

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/with-faith-i-do-hear-to-listen-two-hands-that-fist-when-forced-pushes-to-shove-and-your-ego-wont-submit-i-am-gifted-i-am-all-of-this-and-indeed-the-s_-_-_/

“I want to practice without shackles.”

- S

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:10:48-07:00

- S

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/i-want-to-practice-without-shackles/

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

Audre Lorde

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:09:45-07:00

Audre Lorde

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/when-i-dare-to-be-powerful-to-use-my-strength-in-the-service-of-my-vision-then-it-becomes-less-and-less-important-whether-i-am-afraid/

“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

Buddha

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:02:39-07:00

Buddha

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/holding-onto-anger-is-like-drinking-poison-and-expecting-the-other-person-to-die/

“The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:07:27-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/the-more-you-know-of-your-history-the-more-liberated-you-are/

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:58:07-07:00

Mahatma Gandhi

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-the-world/

“Never settle for mediocrity.”

Dad

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:11:00-07:00

Dad

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/never-settle-for-mediocrity/

“If you don’t like the way the world is, you have an obligation to change it. Just do it one step at a time.”

Marian Wright Edelman

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:58:44-07:00

Marian Wright Edelman

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/if-you-dont-like-the-way-the-world-is-you-have-an-obligation-to-change-it-just-do-it-one-step-at-a-time/

“Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.”

James Baldwin

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:06:29-07:00

James Baldwin

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/your-crown-has-been-bought-and-paid-for-put-it-on-your-head-and-wear-it/

“Thinking critically is at the heart of anybody transforming their life.”

bell hooks

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:09:57-07:00

bell hooks

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/thinking-critically-is-at-the-heart-of-anybody-transforming-their-life/

“I will not be complicit in my oppression.”

– P

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:10:36-07:00

– P

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/i-will-not-be-complicit-in-my-oppression/

“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”

Cesar Chavez

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:05:13-07:00

Cesar Chavez

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/preservation-of-ones-own-culture-does-not-require-contempt-or-disrespect-for-other-cultures/

“Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:04:20-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/pursue-the-things-you-love-doing-and-then-do-them-so-well-that-people-cant-take-their-eyes-off-you/

“The most common way people give up their POWER is by thinking they don’t have any.”

Alice Walker

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:56:07-07:00

Alice Walker

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/the-most-common-way-people-give-up-their-power-is-by-thinking-they-dont-have-any/

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:03:39-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/we-may-encounter-many-defeats-but-we-must-not-be-defeated/

“There is nothing worse than betraying yourself.”

Oprah Winfrey

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:00:10-07:00

Oprah Winfrey

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/there-is-nothing-worse-than-betraying-yourself/

“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:06:19-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/when-people-show-you-who-they-are-believe-them-the-first-time/

“Ignore people who threaten your joy. Literally, ignore them. Say nothing. Don’t invite any parts of them into your space.”

Alex Elle

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:57:45-07:00

Alex Elle

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/ignore-people-who-threaten-your-joy-literally-ignore-them-say-nothing-dont-invite-any-parts-of-them-into-your-space/

“Self-care is also not arguing with people who are committed to misunderstanding you.”

Ayishat A. Akanbi

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:59:23-07:00

Ayishat A. Akanbi

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/self-care-is-also-not-arguing-with-people-who-are-committed-to-misunderstanding-you/

“I release all things that no longer serve me. I release all things that no longer work for me.”

Beautiful Chorus

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:08:45-07:00

Beautiful Chorus

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/i-release-all-things-that-no-longer-serve-me-i-release-all-things-that-no-longer-work-for-me/

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare.”

Audre Lorde

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:05:35-07:00

Audre Lorde

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/caring-for-myself-is-not-self-indulgence-it-is-self-preservation-and-that-is-an-act-of-political-warfare/

“…I choose to be courageous in everything I do. My past don’t dictate who I am. I choose to be the best that I can be. I choose to be authentic in everything I do.”

India.Arie

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:09:11-07:00

India.Arie

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/i-choose-to-be-courageous-in-everything-i-do-my-past-dont-dictate-who-i-am-i-choose-to-be-the-best-that-i-can-be-i-choose-to-be-authentic-in-everything-i-do/

“I’ve learned the people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:04:32-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/ive-learned-the-people-will-forget-what-you-said-people-will-forget-what-you-did-but-people-will-never-forget-how-you-made-them-feel/

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”

Bantu Stephen Biko

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:07:38-07:00

Bantu Stephen Biko

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/the-most-potent-weapon-in-the-hands-of-the-oppressor-is-the-mind-of-the-oppressed/

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

President Barack Obama

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:10:08-07:00

President Barack Obama

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/change-will-not-come-if-we-wait-for-some-other-person-or-some-other-time-we-are-the-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-we-are-the-change-that-we-seek/

“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”

Harriet Tubman

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:06:55-07:00

Harriet Tubman

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/if-you-hear-the-dogs-keep-going-if-you-see-the-torches-in-the-woods-keep-going-if-theres-shouting-after-you-keep-going-dont-ever-stop-keep-going-if-you-want-a-ta/

“Our history did not begin in chains.”

Malcolm X

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:08:05-07:00

Malcolm X

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/our-history-did-not-begin-in-chains/

“If you think education is expensive, wait until you see how much ignorance costs.”

President Barack Obama

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:06:09-07:00

President Barack Obama

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/if-you-think-education-is-expensive-wait-until-you-see-how-much-ignorance-costs/

“There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.”

Oprah Winfrey

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:03:23-07:00

Oprah Winfrey

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/there-is-no-such-thing-as-failure-failure-is-just-life-trying-to-move-us-in-another-direction/

“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard to get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.”

Ruby Dee

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:00:37-07:00

Ruby Dee

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/the-kind-of-beauty-i-want-most-is-the-hard-to-get-kind-that-comes-from-within-strength-courage-dignity/

“When children attend schools that place greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep school for prison.”

Dr. Angela Davis

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:04:10-07:00

Dr. Angela Davis

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/when-children-attend-schools-that-place-greater-value-on-discipline-and-security-than-on-knowledge-and-intellectual-development-they-are-attending-prep-school-for-prison/

“Follow your passion; it will lead you to your purpose.”

Oprah Winfrey

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:58:33-07:00

Oprah Winfrey

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/follow-your-passion-it-will-lead-you-to-your-purpose/

“To ignore evil is to become accomplice to it.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:02:01-07:00

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/to-ignore-evil-is-to-become-accomplice-to-it/

“Because of them, I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.”

Sojourner Truth

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:58:20-07:00

Sojourner Truth

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/because-of-them-i-can-now-live-the-dream-i-am-the-seed-of-the-free-and-i-know-it-i-intend-to-bear-great-fruit/

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it’s the presence of justice.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:57:32-07:00

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/true-peace-is-not-merely-the-absence-of-tension-its-the-presence-of-justice/

“You’re not selfish for wanting to be treated well.”

Jason Momoa

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:01:24-07:00

Jason Momoa

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/youre-not-selfish-for-wanting-to-be-treated-well/

“What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.”

Oprah Winfrey

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:02:25-07:00

Oprah Winfrey

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/what-i-know-for-sure-is-that-what-you-give-comes-back-to-you/

“Choose people who lift you up.”

Michelle Obama

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:59:48-07:00

Michelle Obama

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/choose-people-who-lift-you-up/

“You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.”

Nina Simone

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:54:56-07:00

Nina Simone

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/youve-got-to-learn-to-leave-the-table-when-loves-no-longer-being-served/

“Love doesn’t hurt…ever, ever, ever. Love. Doesn’t. Hurt.”

Oprah Winfrey

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:02:14-07:00

Oprah Winfrey

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/love-doesnt-hurtever-ever-ever-love-doesnt-hurt/

“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”

Dr. Angela Davis

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:04:45-07:00

Dr. Angela Davis

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/we-have-to-talk-about-liberating-minds-as-well-as-liberating-society/

“You are not built to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.”

Oprah Winfrey

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:59:11-07:00

Oprah Winfrey

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/you-are-not-built-to-shrink-down-to-less-but-to-blossom-into-more/

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:00:23-07:00

Harriet Tubman

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/every-great-dream-begins-with-a-dreamer-always-remember-you-have-within-you-the-strength-the-patience-and-the-passion-to-reach-for-the-stars-to-change-the-world/

“You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul.”

Lupita Nyong’o

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:01:10-07:00

Lupita Nyong’o

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/you-cant-eat-beauty-it-doesnt-sustain-you-what-is-fundamentally-beautiful-is-compassion-for-yourself-and-those-around-you-that-kind-of-beauty-enflames-the-heart-and-en/

“I am stronger than fear.”

Malala Yousafzai

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:00:49-07:00

Malala Yousafzai

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/i-am-stronger-than-fear/

“In every position that I’ve been in there have been naysayers who don’t believe I’m qualified or who don’t believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:47:40-07:00

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/in-every-position-that-ive-been-in-there-have-been-naysayers-who-dont-believe-im-qualified-or-who-dont-believe-i-can-do-the-work-and-i-feel-a-special-responsibili/

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:08:58-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/we-delight-in-the-beauty-of-the-butterfly-but-rarely-admit-the-changes-it-has-gone-through-to-achieve-that-beauty/

“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”

African Proverb

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:08:16-07:00

African Proverb

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/the-child-who-is-not-embraced-by-the-village-will-burn-it-down-to-feel-its-warmth/

“Still, like air, I rise.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:05:25-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/still-like-air-i-rise/

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:05:56-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/my-mission-in-life-is-not-merely-to-survive-but-to-thrive-and-to-do-so-with-some-passion-some-compassion-some-humor-and-some-style/

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:53:51-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/history-despite-its-wrenching-pain-cannot-be-unlived-but-if-faced-with-courage-need-not-be-lived-again/

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:06:42-07:00

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/our-lives-begin-to-end-the-day-we-become-silent-about-things-that-matter/

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”

Sojourner Truth

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:54:36-07:00

Sojourner Truth

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/truth-is-powerful-and-it-prevails/

“I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:05:45-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/i-do-not-trust-people-who-dont-love-themselves-and-tell-me-i-love-you-there-is-an-african-saying-which-is-be-careful-when-a-naked-person-offers-you-a-shirt/

“Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”

Michelle Obama

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:03:11-07:00

Michelle Obama

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/success-isnt-about-how-much-money-you-make-its-about-the-difference-you-make-in-peoples-lives/

“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”

bell hooks

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:09:34-07:00

bell hooks

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/sometimes-people-try-to-destroy-you-precisely-because-they-recognize-your-power-not-because-they-dont-see-it-but-because-they-see-it-and-they-dont-want-it-to-exi/

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

Dr. Maya Angelou

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:55:48-07:00

Dr. Maya Angelou

https://www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com/testimonials/do-the-best-you-can-until-you-know-better-then-when-you-know-better-do-better/

“What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we have.”

Oprah Winfrey

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:02:49-07:00

Oprah Winfrey

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“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me – No Fear!”

Nina Simone

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:03:00-07:00

Nina Simone

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“I love my age. Old enough to know better. Young enough not to care. Experienced enough to do it right.”

Angela Bassett

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:57:20-07:00

Angela Bassett

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“Being oppressed means the absence of choices.”

bell hooks

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:03:59-07:00

bell hooks

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“…compassionate warriors walk through the fire to alleviate the pain and suffering of others…”

Pema Chodron

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:10:20-07:00

Pema Chodron

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“If you focus on the hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.”

Buddha Daily

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:57:02-07:00

Buddha Daily

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“You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress people who are not afraid anymore.”

Cesar Chavez

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:56:20-07:00

Cesar Chavez

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“If you’re afraid to use your voice, give up your seat at the table.”

Michelle Obama

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:59:37-07:00

Michelle Obama

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“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.”

Nikki Giovanni

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:56:49-07:00

Nikki Giovanni

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“No one is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.”

Alice Walker

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T17:56:35-07:00

Alice Walker

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“Every scar that you have is a reminder not just that you got hurt, but that you survived.”

Michelle Obama

Lifting As We Climb Consulting

2019-10-11T18:00:59-07:00

Michelle Obama

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“Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don’t matter or like you don’t have a place in our American story – because you do. And you have a right to be exactly who you are.”

“When ‘i’ is replaced with ‘we’ even illness becomes wellness.”

“If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important and you do that by being genuine and humble.”

“Revolution begins with the self, in the self.”

“Without community there is no liberation…but community must not mean a shedding of our difference nor the pathetic premise that these differences do not exist.”

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”

“If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.”

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

“…With faith I do hear to listen. Two hands that fist. When forced pushes to shove. And your ego won’t submit. I am gifted. I am all of this. And indeed the s_ _ _.”

“I want to practice without shackles.”

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

“The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.”

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

“Never settle for mediocrity.”

“If you don’t like the way the world is, you have an obligation to change it. Just do it one step at a time.”

“Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.”

“Thinking critically is at the heart of anybody transforming their life.”

“I will not be complicit in my oppression.”

“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”

“Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”

“The most common way people give up their POWER is by thinking they don’t have any.”

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“There is nothing worse than betraying yourself.”

“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.”

“Ignore people who threaten your joy. Literally, ignore them. Say nothing. Don’t invite any parts of them into your space.”

“Self-care is also not arguing with people who are committed to misunderstanding you.”

“I release all things that no longer serve me. I release all things that no longer work for me.”

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare.”

“…I choose to be courageous in everything I do. My past don’t dictate who I am. I choose to be the best that I can be. I choose to be authentic in everything I do.”

“I’ve learned the people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”

“Our history did not begin in chains.”

“If you think education is expensive, wait until you see how much ignorance costs.”

“There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.”

“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard to get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.”

“When children attend schools that place greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep school for prison.”

“Follow your passion; it will lead you to your purpose.”

“To ignore evil is to become accomplice to it.”

“Because of them, I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.”

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it’s the presence of justice.”

“You’re not selfish for wanting to be treated well.”

“What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.”

“Choose people who lift you up.”

“You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.”

“Love doesn’t hurt…ever, ever, ever. Love. Doesn’t. Hurt.”

“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”

“You are not built to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.”

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

“You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul.”

“I am stronger than fear.”

“In every position that I’ve been in there have been naysayers who don’t believe I’m qualified or who don’t believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong.”

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”

“Still, like air, I rise.”

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”

“I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”

“Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”

“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

“What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we have.”

“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me – No Fear!”

“I love my age. Old enough to know better. Young enough not to care. Experienced enough to do it right.”

“Being oppressed means the absence of choices.”

“…compassionate warriors walk through the fire to alleviate the pain and suffering of others…”

“If you focus on the hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.”

“You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress people who are not afraid anymore.”

“If you’re afraid to use your voice, give up your seat at the table.”

“Once you know who you are, you don’t have to worry anymore.”

“No one is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.”

“Every scar that you have is a reminder not just that you got hurt, but that you survived.”

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