Since the start of my freshmen year of college, I have made some incredible friends. It has been refreshing to have women around me who want to be friends with and uplift me, instead of tear me down, as most believe female friendships to always be like. As a result of this, I have compiled a list of quotes that empower my friends and me through a Pinterest board we share together in order to keep chasing our dreams, and to keep being great friends to each other.
1. "Embrace the glorious mess that you are." - Elizabeth Gilbert
All of us are a mess at some point, or, maybe all the time. That is okay. Embracing it to the best of your ability takes time, but if you can do it, you will start to feel better about everything that is going on in your life.
2. "Do things that fill your soul, not your ego, and you will be happy."
The soul is important. You have to do things that bring you to peace, that help you hit the reset button and set you up to be ready to tackle life once again.
3. "Beauty may be dangerous, but intelligence is lethal."
Feeling beautiful in your own skin is oh so important, one cannot deny that. As well, feeding your mind in the form of words and experience is oh so important as well. Your mind is like a muscle, the more reps you do with it, the stronger it will become.
4. "Be Intentional."
Always. This is an important lesson and piece of advice and really does not need more of an explanation.
5. "Conquer from within."
Within you, is a strong person. One that can conquer everything, but the first step in doing that is being able to be comfortable in your own skin, which takes time. Once that happens, one is able to conquer anything, but it all starts within.
6. "Life is tough my darling, but so are you." - Stephanie Bennett-Henry
You are tough, strong, smart, beautiful, witty, etc. You have got this life!
7. "Be stubborn about your goals, but flexible about your methods."
This is one that I hold close to my heart. Having a goal is so important, or more than one goal, but one cannot be stuck in one way of getting to the finish line of that goal. We do not have control over many, many parts of our lives, and as a result of that, you have to be ready to roll with anything and everything that happens. You will succeed and reach your goal, it just may not be the way you thought you would.
8. "Stay humble. Work hard. Be kind."
Enough said.
9. "She believed she could so she did."
The best way to accomplish a goal is to believe in yourself. You have to have confidence in your abilities and your work ethic, and you can accomplish great things.
10. "Failure is nothing more than a chance to revise your strategy."
Failure can be looked at in two ways. When one fails at something, they can look at it and nit pick at everything they did wrong. Another way to look at failure is a learning experience. Failure has the ability to teach you what you do not want to do again and how you can change up your plan.
11. "Embrace who you are and don't make apologies for being yourself."
This is a hard thing to accomplish, but once it is done, so many doors begin to open. Do not say sorry for being who you are. Each of us on this planet is original, even twins, and we need to use our strengthens and weaknesses to impact the world, in a large or small way.
Thank you, to my wonderful friends who inspired this article. Keep being your wonderful selfs, and for anyone else who reads this, keep being your wonderful and unique self as well!
