Kemi Sogunle > Quotes

“If you don't love yourself, you won't be happy with yourself. If you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone else. You can't give the love you do not have. You can't make anyone love you without loving yourself first.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Every time you mistreat someone, you reveal the part of you that lacks love and needs to heal.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“The tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond the challenges we face.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Without forgiveness and love, you will live with resentment, bitterness, malice and strife which result in more pain. You can never love without forgiving. Forgiveness deepens your ability to love and frees you from pain.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“The most painful moments and memories eventually lead to the greatest strengths and growth in life.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“What you feed your mind, will lead your life.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Everyone grows but not everyone becomes mature.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Pain and love cannot be in the same space. You can never love anyone in pain. You cannot truly love yourself in pain. The more pain you carry in your heart, the harder it becomes to love anyone including yourself.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Staying in an unhealthy relationship that robs you of peace of mind, is not being loyal. It is choosing to hurt yourself mentally, emotionally and sometimes, physically.”
― Kemi Sogunle, Beyond the Pain by Kemi Sogunle

“If you are busy focusing on the falling bricks, you will never realize that they are truly stepping stones you need to cross over to the next phase of your life.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Trials make you strong.
Failure makes you humble.
Challenges make you strive.
Life keeps you going and growing”
― Kemi Sogunle, Beyond the Pain by Kemi Sogunle

“Your level of ignorance is based on what you believe you know and your ego.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“You cannot love if you cannot forgive.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Until you are willing to learn the lessons, pay attention to details, and become patient with yourself, you will keep repeating the same patterns over and over again.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“You can't speak life to others if you don't know how to speak life to yourself. Dead leaves can't breathe.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“You can NEVER be poor by giving and showing love to others.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“The storm you face is your teacher. The experience you gain is your lesson. The life you make from it all is your blessing. Always remember, the teacher teaches a lesson that becomes a blessing. Embrace the storm and watch your life change as you utilize the lesson. Your better days lie ahead...just hold on!”
― Kemi Sogunle

“If you spend time judging and criticizing people, you will not have time to heal from your pain or brokenness. You cannot love yourself when you judge or criticize others who are created in God's image and after His Likeness...in which you are also created. Love cannot operate from a space of pain. Love and hurt cannot reside in the same space.”
― Kemi Sogunle, Beyond the Pain by Kemi Sogunle

“A butterfly does not return to a caterpillar after it is mature. We must learn to grow and evolve into a stronger, wiser and better version of ourselves. Life occurs in stages and taking a step at a time is key to learning and growing.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Kindness carries no price tag neither does it require making a purchase. A random act of kindness can change someone's life...choose to be kind always.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Different plants thrive together in a well nurtured garden. Just as they thrive, they pass on a message to mankind - God created us all to thrive with one another and planted love in our hearts for this reason. Let's learn to embrace each other, knowing Love is all we have to keep us growing and going.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Learn the truth...never assume.
Understand the plight...never judge.
Put yourself in someone's shoes...never hurt.
Think before you act, reason before you react.”
― Kemi Sogunle, Beyond the Pain by Kemi Sogunle

“There is strength in every struggle. Struggles create opportunities for you to become stronger, wiser and better. The moment you shift your thinking from "I cannot" to "I must," you will begin to see 'Beyond the Pain' and draw strength from within. Learn to see each obstacle as a stepping stone and watch your life change significantly.”
― Kemi Sogunle, Beyond the Pain by Kemi Sogunle

“As a woman, you should not fall in love with a man for what he has but you should connect with his soul and love him for who he is...not who you think he should be.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Never stop loving while living, when you stop loving, you stop living.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Love is better than hate.
Faith is greater than fear.
Having positive vibes is better than holding on to negative ones. Learn to stay positive. Choose faith over fear and love over hate. Change your perspective. Change your life and change your world.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“You cannot operate from a place of love when you are emotionally unstable.”
― Kemi Sogunle, Beyond the Pain by Kemi Sogunle

“Bullies do not just wake up and decide to be one. They are people who have or are experiencing emotional or verbal abuse. All you can do is not retaliate but show them love. Doing so, allows them see what they are missing and need. You can let them see the other side of life when you show love not hurt. After all, we are all products of love and we must choose to demonstrate that above all else.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“If your relationship is draining your energy, making you lose yourself and taking your attention away from God, then you are not in a relationship but a cult. You are busy creating an idol (mini-God) for yourself.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Without failing at one thing, there won't be an opportunity to try again, learn and grow. Life isn't static but dynamic. Learn to embrace whatever situation you may face and strive to overcome. Believe in yourself, knowing your best is yet to come.”
― Kemi Sogunle