For some reason, I am feeling rather inspired on this glorious Tuesday so I thought I would share some words of encouragement and wisdom (of course a lot of the thoughts below are ads but hey, I am not picky about where I draw my inspiration from). I hope you feel beautiful and empowered even just a little!
10. "My butt is big and round like the letter C and then thousand lunges have
made it rounder but not smaller. And that's just fine. It's a space
heater for my side of the bed. It's my ambassador. To those who walk
behind me, it's a border collie that herds skinny women away from the
best deals at clothing sales. My butt is big and that's just fine. And
those who might scorn it are invited to kiss it." - Nike
9. "You don't stand in front of a mirror before a run and wonder what the
road will think of your outfit. you don't have to listen to its jokes
and pretend they're funny in order to run on it. It will not be easier
to run if you dress sexier. The road doesn't notice when you're not
wearing make up. It does not care how old you are. And you don't feel
uncomfortable if you make more money than it. The only thing the road
cares about is that you pay it a visit once in a while." - NIKE Goddess
8. "All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they
will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough,
they'll say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong
type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a
thousand times no until all the no's become meaningless. All your life
they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. They will tell you
no. And YOU WILL TELL THEM YES." - Nike Unknown
7. "A WOMAN IS OFTEN MEASURED by the things she cannot control. She is
measured by the way her body curves or doesn't curve, by where she is
flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-26 and inches and
ages and numbers, by all the outside things that don't ever add up to
who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her
be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is
trying to become. Because every woman knows measurements are only
statistics and STATISTICS LIE." - Nike 1994
6. "Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do.
Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let our fears stand in
the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly
when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, when we should
keep our mouths shut. Why? After all,we do only go around once. There's
really no time to be afraid. So stop. Try something you've never tried.
Risk it. Enter a triathlon. Write a letter to the editor. Demand a
raise. Call winners at the toughest court. Throw away your television.
Bicycle across the United States. Try bobsledding. Try anything. Speak
out against the designated hitter. Travel to a country where you don't
speak the language. Patent something. You have nothing to lose and
everything everything everything to gain. JUST DO IT." - Nike 1992: Barry
Sanders
5. "I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass."
Maya Angelou
4." You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are." - Melissa Etheridge
3. "I always thought that people told you that you're beautiful--that this
was a title that was bestowed upon you, that it was other people's
responsibility to give you this title. And I'm sick of waiting, people! I
think that the world is pretty cruel to women in what it considers
beautiful and what it celebrates as beauty. And I think that it's time
to take this power into our own hands and to say, "You know what? I'm
beautiful. I just am. And that's my light. I'm just a beautiful woman." -Margaret Cho
2. "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out
of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at
my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
- Marilyn Monroe
1." You have the power. You are the magic wand." - Laura Schlessinger
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