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Christian life isn’t a one-person race. It’s a relay. You are not alone; you’re part of a team assembled by our unstoppable God to achieve his eternal purposes.

It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.

You can not entertain weak, harmful, negative thoughts ten hours a day and expect to bring about beautiful, strong and harmonious conditions by ten minutes of strong, positive, creative thought.

Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they're not alone.

By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.

Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Surround yourself with love, not friends.

Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.

Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

I may not be perfect, but i'm always me

The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying.

When souls really touch, it is forever. Then space and time disappear, and all that remains is the consciousness that we are not alone in life.

Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole centuries of moral evolution.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

I'm lonely, but everyone is lonely So at least I know I'm not alone.

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

Failure is not an option!

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Obviously I am not happy but they can throw what they want at me, I will come back stronger.

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

I'm like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. If I'm not ready, the sled isn't going to go.

I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

I will protect my people if I live. For myself I do not fear for I have the word of Usen. Who is the White Nantan to think he can pit his power against that of Usen?

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

Forgive them even if they are not sorry

I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you...And you...And you...Gotta give em hope.

Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.

You can not achieve success without the risk of failure. If you are not afraid to fail, than you have a chance, but you are never going to get there unless you risk it.

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.

You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?

Pray as you can, not as you can't.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

If, while I hear the wild shriek of the slave mother robbed of her little ones, I do not open my mouth, am I not guilty?

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

I think that not being perfect has given me the freedom to keep getting better.