It is our desires that mold us into women of integrity and achievement—or otherwise, if we desire otherwise.
“But what we know now is that when we deny our emotion, it owns us. When we own our emotion, we can rebuild and find our way through the pain.”
― Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
― Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
“Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“If you don’t set your own agenda, somebody else will.” If I didn’t fill my schedule with things I felt were important, other people would fill my schedule with things they felt were important.”
― The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
― The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
“An airport cannot choose to only accept arrivals and not departures; there are valid times for travel in both directions. I cannot force people to stay here longer, any more than I can force time to stand still.”
― Friendships Don't Just Happen!: The Guide to Creating a Meaningful Circle of GirlFriends
― Friendships Don't Just Happen!: The Guide to Creating a Meaningful Circle of GirlFriends
“I realized that I couldn’t knowingly look to food for a way out when it had so clearly led me here. It wasn’t hunger that beckoned me to eat more. It wasn’t my stomach that needed to be reconciled. It was shame. It was guilt. And food can’t remedy such things”
― It Was Me All Along
― It Was Me All Along
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