« I want people to understand that my goal to improve the self-love of young African-American women should never be confused with advocating racial supremacy. There are a lot of young black girls who I meet in my travels who don’t have a lot of self-esteem. So if I communicate to them that they’re beautiful, no white person should find fault in that. It doesn’t mean that young white girls aren’t beautiful, because they are just as beautiful. »
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Lauryn Hill (via blackfashion)
Quotes like this make me love Ms. Hill more and more!!
(via persnicketylover)
(Source: blackfashion)
« One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go. »
- Sheila Murray Bethel (FBG Quote Of The Week)
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“You Yourself, As Much As Anybody In The Entire Universe, Deserve Your Love And Affection”.-Buddha
« You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. »
- Maya Angelou
(Source: forbrowngirls)
« Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion. »
« We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? »
- Marianne Williamson
(Source: forbrowngirls)
I wrote today ‘once we figure out what we want in life, personally, professionally, our job then is to not settle’.
This is confirmation.
If you aren’t where you want to be recalibrate…
Truth
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« People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves. »
- Salma Hayek (via trulyquotable)
(Source: quote-book)
« My name is Claireece “Precious” Jones. I wish I had a light-skinned boyfriend with real nice hair. And I wanna be on the cover of a magazine. But first I wanna be in one of them BET videos. Momma said I can’t dance. Plus, she said who wants to see my big ass dancing, anyhow? Some folks has a lot of things around them that shines for other peoples. I think that maybe some of them was in tunnels. And in that tunnel, the only light they had, was inside of them. And then long after they escape that tunnel, they still be shining for everybody else. »
- Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire (via ziggyzay)
