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“I think you're finally an adult when you can look at your parents as people going through their own shit rather than just seeing them as unfeeling tyrants here to make your life miserable.”
― Naya Rivera, Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up

“You can’t be a good friend to someone else unless you’re a good friend to yourself first.”
― Naya Rivera, Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up

“Your life doesn’t have to be perfect for you to be proud. In fact, I think it’s the opposite: the more imperfect your life has been, the prouder you should be, because it means you’ve come that much further, and also probably had a lot more fun along the way.”
― Naya Rivera, Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up

“it matters less how much more you make than what you do with what you already have.”
― Thomas J. Stanley, The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

“Money should never change one’s values…. Making money is only a report card. It’s a way to tell how you’re doing.”
― Thomas J. Stanley, The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

“If your goal is to become financially secure, you’ll likely attain it…. But if your motive is to make money to spend money on the good life,… you’re never gonna make it.”
― Thomas J. Stanley, The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

“Whatever your income, always live below your means.”
― Thomas J. Stanley, The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

“Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
― Tyra Banks

“The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“Why detract from your mind, your face, your expression? The attention should be on you. Sexiness doesn't necessarily come with nakedness. I believe it's better to leave some things to the imagination, no matter how toned up a body is. If it's the opposite sex you're aiming to attract, believe me, any guy worth appealing to would rather wonder what it looks like under there than have you share it so magnanimously with the rest of the world.”
― Rachel Zoe, Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, & Everything Glamour

“Find satisfaction in yourself first before you ever start seeking it from anyone else.”
― Kimora Lee Simmons, Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It

“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.”
― Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

“The journey is about growing and evolving and forever striving to become a better person. Bad things happen to us all; it is how we respond to those unfortunate events that defines the quality of our life and the lives of those around us.”
― Khloé Kardashian, Strong Looks Better Naked

“Suffering is not caused by pain, but by resisting pain.”
― Khloé Kardashian, Strong Looks Better Naked

“In every life, there is struggle. No one is immune from pain and suffering. But it won’t last. Life moves forward. The circumstances will change. This applies to both the bad feelings and the good. Nothing lasts forever. When you think about this, the only moment you really have is the present, and you have to learn to enjoy it.”
― Khloé Kardashian, Strong Looks Better Naked

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they have ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”
― Khloé Kardashian, Strong Looks Better Naked

“Even a tiny forward step is a step in the right direction, no matter how small.”
― Khloé Kardashian, Strong Looks Better Naked

“If I am always comparing myself to others, I will forever be at war with myself. And who needs that?”
― Khloé Kardashian, Strong Looks Better Naked

“Class is not defined by our circumstances - it is our reaction to those circumstances that defines who we are.”
― Jordan Christy, How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class, and Grace

“If they don’t want us without the physical stuff, they’re not going to want us with it.”
― Jordan Christy, How to Be a Hepburn in a Kardashian World: The Art of Living with Style, Class, and Grace

“Part of checking in with yourself is becoming aware of what thoughts you’re having over and over again. These are usually signs of agreements you’ve made about yourself internally: spiritually, mentally, and emotionally.”
― Michelle Williams, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours

“Maybe you’re repeating what you haven’t repaired.”
― Michelle Williams, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours

“It's a sight, ain't it? And after all these years, I can't get used to it. Mountains. How did they even come to be? Sometimes I sit in that shop all day wondering. Don't make no sense to me how a fella can question the existence of God waking up to mountains like that every morning. All the proof I need.”
― Tara M. Stringfellow, Memphis

“It’s hard to pinpoint the precise moment when we internalize others’ assessments; it’s usually not just a single experience but rather a series of moments that bruise the spirit and lead us to distrust ourselves and those around us.”
― Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

“Death is a gift meant to wake up the living, to nudge us toward a life of purpose and intention.”
― Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

“We adjust ourselves to fit, to adapt to others’ ideas of who we should be. We shift ourselves not in sweeping pivots but in movements so tiny that they are hardly perceptible even in our view. Years can pass before we finally discover that after handing over our power, piece by small piece, we no longer even look like ourselves.”
― Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

“But there’s still more I can do, other ways for me to grow and — as I keep relearning — it’s okay to own a desire for more. In fact, it’s how we honor those who have paved the way for our place at the table. “You don’t want modesty,” Maya Angelou once said, “you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I’m here because I’ve been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I’m paying for someone else who has yet to come.”

When we dim our light we don’t do anyone a favor. It’s a disservice because when you’re in the presence of someone who knows his or her worth, like the extraordinary Maya did, you want to shine brighter. Self-honoring energy is contagious.”
― Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

“For as long as I am alive, I will be growing and improving, wielding my pen as the author of my own forever. But even as I lift my life to the next level, I hope to always recognize my reflection. I want to know who I am and accept every part of that identity. I am frightened and I am fearless. I am weak and a warrior. I am uncertain and I am confident. And by learning to embrace the paradox in all of it, I am more myself.”
― Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

“In Metaphysics, Aristotle wrote that Egypt is the “cradle of mathematics—that is, the country of origin for Greek mathematics.” Some historians believe that when European societies eventually began enslaving Africans, they also started downplaying the major contributions of both the ancient Nile River Valley civilizations and the kemetic culture, as well as concealing its African lineage.”
― Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

“Nothing but uncertainty is certain. Circumstances come together, only to fall apart moments or months later. And then, in a flash, we must rise up and regain our footing. In the rearview mirror, I now see so clearly what escaped me then: It’s not that the ground underneath me was suddenly shifting; it’s that it is never still. That’s part of the work of my journey—getting comfortable with life’s groundlessness.”
― Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey