Work On Being Who You Really Are...Anna Quindlen

The thing that is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

--Anna Quindlen

Choose Your Reaction...Steve Maraboli

“You have the ability to choose your reactions.” 

--Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

The Creative Spirit...Ansel Adams

“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.”

― Ansel Adams

Love Comes When...Dr. Joyce Brothers

“Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

--Dr. Joyce Brothers

Revolutionary Thinking...

Don't think outside the box. Think like there is no box.

--Unknown from @FamousWomen

Leadership Tuesdays: My Responsibility To The Team

My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back.

--Unknown

The Warrior Who Trusts His Path...Paul Coelho

The warrior who trusts his path doesn't need to prove the other way is wrong.

Paul Coelho

Sometimes...Nona

Sometimes your voice gets tired. You get tired of talking to and yelling at your kids, your family, the world, and God.  In those moments, know that it's okay to be tired. Take a moment and silently tell God how you feel and then, rest your voice, mind, and body.

--Nona

When People Care For You...Langston Hughes

When people care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

--Langston Hughes 

Truth!...George Orwell

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” 

--George Orwell

Now Is The Time!...Nelson Mandela

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
 
--Nelson Mandela

Happy 95th Birthday!

There Are Things Worth Living and Dying For...John Wheeler

"Masculinity expresses the idea that there are things worth dying for. Femininity expresses the idea that there are things worth living for."

--John Wheeler

Leadership Tuesdays: Sources Of Creativity...Margaret Wheatley

"The things we fear most in organizations—fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances—are the primary sources of creativity."
 
--Margaret J. Wheatley

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY presents Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today, in honor of the Centennial Celebration of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., who is also currently convening their 51st Convention in Washington, D.C., check out advice offered by national syndicated columnist, best-selling author, and media expert Harriette Cole. Harriette is a sorority member and she was initiated at Howard University. In a video, she gives advice on "The Do's and Don'ts Of Social Media Etiquette". See the video here.

To read past features on leaders like Ursula Burns, Indra Nooyi, Shelly Lazarus, Sara Blakely and Bishop Vashti McKenzie, click here.

  

Never Lose Hope...Martin Luther King Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
 
 --Martin Luther King, Jr.

You Are A Representative Of God's Love...Eugenia Price

“God is willing to walk the earth again incarnate in us.”
 
--Eugenia Price, Early Will I Seek Thee

  

Expect The Unexpected!...Heraclitus

If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.

 --Heraclitus

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A Gift From God...Mary Morrissey

Every day you are alive is a special occasion.  Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.  

--Mary Manin Morrissey

Be Happy!...Ruth Renkl

You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.  

--Ruth E. Renkl

Think Differently, But...

Think differently but don't believe everything you think.

--Unknown 

Leadership Tuesdays: Leaders Who...Nona

Leaders who love power more than the people and the organizations they lead will be tyrants! The best leaders are accountable and they put the organization's goals and their constituents' welfare above their own personal agenda. 

--Nona

Be Trustworthy!...@Vnona

You want me to trust you? Be trustworthy!  --Nona

The Importance Of Words...Kevin Wayne Johnson

Words to live by are just words, unless we live by them.

--Kevin Wayne Johnson, Author, "Called To Be Light In The Workplace", Give God The Glory series

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God Hears...Nishan Panwar

God hears every unspoken word, sees every unseen wound, mends every unbearable pain. Have faith and be strong!

Nishan Panwar

Dare To Believe!

Excellence has always been achieved by those who dare to believe that something inside them is superior than the circumstances.

--Unknown

Leadership Tuesdays: The Leadership Bones...Elaine Agather

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.

-- Elaine Agather
 

Forget What "They" Are Going To Say...Ahmad Jamal

"The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work."

--Ahmad Jamal, Jazz Musician, Composer, and Educator