You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. -Shirley Chisholm

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Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself. -Alice Walker

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You have the power to change perception, to inspire and empower and to show people how to embrace...the true beauty and strength that’s inside all of us. -Beyonce

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We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love.- Laverne Cox

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Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. -Michelle Obama 

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No matter who you are, no matter where you came from, you are beautiful. -Michelle Obama

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Know what sparks the light in you. Then use that light to illuminate the world. -Oprah Winfrey

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Be stingy with your time and spend it in spaces that fill you up. -Janet Mock

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Owning who we are is power. Yes. We’ve got to dare to stand out. -Janet Mock

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Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you. -Beyonce

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It’s not about perfection, it’s about purpose. -Beyonce

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Do or do not, there is no try

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Passion is an indicator of purpose

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Life is a movie, you write your own ending

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Do not take life too seriously, you won’t make it out alive.

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Leadership is not a position, or a title. It’s the action and example.

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You can’t have rhythm without blues