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10 Inspirational Quotes To Get You Through The Day

Topic: EmpowermentBy JaQuan RodgersPublished Recently added

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We all have those days where we feel down and defeated. The world sucks and you’re tired. You don’t have any motivation to do what you need to do and you may not even want to try. It is on those days when you need someone or something to touch, move and inspire you. This post is a little bit of inspiration from some great men and women who have motivated millions.

Hope these quotes help you through the day and please share with others who may need a little boost.

Peace

“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.”
Malcolm X

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."
Arthur Ashe

"Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."
Michael Jordan

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
Maya Angelou

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
Satchel Paige

"Do your best and let God do the rest."
Dr. Ben Carson

"I'd rather be hated for what I am than loved for what I'm not."
Chuck D

"God does not... give people positions or jobs or... good conditions such as they desire; they must do that for themselves.. God does not build cities nor towns nor nations, nor homes, nor factories; men and people do that and all those who want must work for themselves and pray to God to give them strength to do it."
Marcus Garvey

"Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong."
Muhammad Ali

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