If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself. — Mindy Kaling

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I love hearing educated people speak and just shut everyone up. Knowledge is always the loudest voice. — Zendaya

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Champions do not become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, and months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely a demonstration of their championship character.- Michael Jordan

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I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now. — Kerri Walsh

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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin. — bell hooks

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Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. — Drew Barrymore

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I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am. — Beyoncé

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We might not be able to change our circumstances, but we CAN change our attitude. — Beth Moore

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I had to remind myself of the truth of who I was and the reality that success wasn’t defined by a result but by faithfulness. I had to remember that my identity and healing weren’t dependent on the voices that surrounded me and that the truth wasn’t dependent on popular opinion or cultural responses. I had to focus on what was real and true. The straight line instead of the crooked. — Rachael Denhollander

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Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually the path. — Katherine Wolf

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