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I think that a lot of the time, people are generous towards those whom they pity; but only find fault in those whom they see as better than themselves. There is a fake kind of goodness; and that is the goodness that is only good towards other people that make the givers feel better about themselves. Would you be good to someone you think is so much better than you are? Or who has so much more than you have? Or is your goodness only reserved for those who make you feel like a god because you give to them? Too often, there are shining, beautiful people, who suffer so much in this world, because there would be so many others willing to snuff out their flames! Goodness of a person is not measured by sympathy or compassion; rather, goodness is measured by empathy. Empathy goes beyond all the physical things you see with your two eyes. It’s easy to be good to those you pity; much harder to be good to those whom you envy!
— C. JoyBell C.
All times are sacred and must be kept Holy
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Everyone has something to think about everyday, but it is not everyone who thinks about something everyday. And that is the difference
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
What you have in hand may be of less essence to knowing and using what you have in hand
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
The spirit of volunteerism is the spirit of service.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
How many people actually read the Bible and follow it? The truth is right there. How many people know what a marriage or family is all about? Everything starts with an idea, but getting people to act is different. You can't do something well if you don't know what it is or tried it for awhile.
— Phil Mitchell, A Bright New Morning: An American Story
Never assume you know it all. Ask questions.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Always make time to eat. Always. There’s enough starving children in the world without adding to their number
— Diane Samuels, Kindertransport: A Drama
Each day is filled with beautiful splendid.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Motivation ignites a flame of fire within our spirit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
We have to be extremely careful in the manner which we live life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
All times are determined by God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We cannot totally understand God but we can totally love God. Embrace God.
— Maria Gregory
Kindness beautifies your words.Love sweetens your words.Wisdom empowers your words.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
This moment is our greatest treasure. We cannot replay the past events. We have no control over future events.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
In the moment of decision, may you hear the voice of the Creator saying, ‘This is right road, travel on it.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
You can't put your heart into everything; you've just got to show up. And if your heart is worn all over you, then so be it, but you can't pull it out of you and put it in places, or put it in people's hands. Because you are like this wild and quiet and laughing thing and people are like things that stand there and don't understand what's going on; so when you put your heart into things like that, you're going to feel either stupid, or very hurt, or both. And it's not people's faults that they are just standing there. I mean, you're the different one; they're not different; they're all the same.
— C. JoyBell C.
It is the simple things that are in the ocean. People think that simple things are on the seashore, like seashells. But seashells are just illusions of the things that once used to live inside of them, that are back in the sea! They are dead things, and dead things are not simple things. Living things are simple things, things like love. People think that love isn't simple, but that's because they are on the seashore; but when you are a mermaid, when you have gills, when you need to be in the ocean; love is simple. It's about being beside someone and staying there. And then sharing your souls. What's natural to a mermaid, isn't natural to a person. But I want everyone to be a mermaid. And if they can't, at least they can know what a mermaid is like. We live with the things that are alive.
— C. JoyBell C.
The power of writing supernaturally set things into motion.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I am afraid of those who are too simple on the outside
—  for their vanities they wear upon their hearts. Better to meet a person who wears their vanities out in the open where you can see them! Than one who hides them in their hearts! For it is the stuff of the heart that is hidden
Keep on exploring.Keep on evolving.Keep on experimenting.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Overcome darkness, so that you may walk in the light.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Working together for a great mission is very fulfilling!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The uniqueness of different colours represents the uniqueness of individuals!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Great God of wonders
—  my rock and my redeemer!
Keep on questioning. Keep on searching.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
A wise servant is better than a foolish ruler.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Walk with the Creator on the face of earth.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
To have an empty head is worse than to have an empty bank account.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The eloquence of the pen is just as sharp as the point of a sword.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The Lord is supreme.The Lord is strong.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The dawn of light is the liberation of souls.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Life's a one way ticket
— Colin Tegerdine
It is a very strange thing to see so many images in the world around us... we don't realise it, but we are all impressionable beings, able to pick up off of the images that bombard us on a daily basis. We are created and moulded by images and impressions. One of the most difficult tasks in life, is to keep a steady impression of something in your sight, and to believe in it until it becomes you. Because there is just so much temptation/opportunity, to become something else.
— C. JoyBell C.
People who seek the truth never stop looking for it
— Phil Mitchell, A Bright New Morning: An American Story
Believe in supernatural power.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Living in harmony with one another brings inner tranquility
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
It is easy to give up than to endure. Always choose the latter.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
All people want to belong to some sort of hierarchy. Allow me to explain. The rich want to be the richest; the poor want to be the smartest; those who are both rich and smart want to be the better persons; the better persons want to go to heaven; those who are in heaven will look down upon those who are in hell... there is always some kind of hierarchy desired by everyone; even by those who claim the opposite of this. So how do you find true divinity? Divinity is found in those who reach down low; because it is those who are above who must reach down low, while it is those who are below who must constantly reach for what is above! And this is divinity. What is divine, is what will have a curiosity in what is below. There is no fear of becoming "tainted"; because what is lesser can never really taint what is greater. it is what is greater than is able to transform what is lesser. The alchemist must first find the mud, pick it up, before she is able to transform it into diamond.
— C. JoyBell C.
No one can successfully tell me that material things cannot bring happiness. For as the spirit is medicine to the bones; so is the happiness of the bones a medicine to the spirit. Without a soul, the body is dust; but without a body, the soul cannot fulfil destiny. Neither one is more important than the other; both are equally important. One will last longer than the other, yes, but while we are on this Earth, both are equally important. Surely money itself cannot make one happy; but it is what one does with money that makes one happy! If you do not know what to do with it, then it will not bring you happiness! But if you know what to do with it; there is no reason why it cannot bring you happiness. People think I am a very spiritual person; yes, this is true; but I have not achieved it through denial of the flesh. I have a new vision. I take pleasure in the pleasures of this world and I seek fulfilment in the answers of the spirit. I find happiness in the material and the physical things of this nature and I find joy in the connections I have with what is divine. Do I imagine myself on top of a mountain, detached from all the things I want to buy and to own? Never. My spirituality is not one of negative righteousness; my spirituality is one of the rose. It is whole and it is above as it is below.
— C. JoyBell C.
The failure of the nation lies in the failure of its citizens.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Knowledge is life. The more informed you are, the better you are in making the best decision.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
God determines the path of every man.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
A joyful soul, a grateful spirit full of love and light!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Great places, great memories.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
It is a duty of every citizen to pray for those who are authority and the nation
—  so that each one of us may live a peaceful and quiet lives in sacredness.
You shall not be afraid of the adversary. God will be your strong fortress.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Our greatest quest in life should be to live in the light!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country’s well-being.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Wisdom in poverty is better than folly in affluence.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Path of life, path of light!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
We are all vessels of good honour.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Results speak for themselves while intentions often fall short of promises.
— Mika Lo, wHow contributor
All men are guilty of the wrong they have done.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Love thy soul, manifest thy light
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Never seek to please anyone. Seek to evolve thyself.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
We wait expectantly for what we hope for.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
You need to make effort and commit time to do what you love.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
You can survive the storm. Your soul is stronger than the storm.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
May you find the right path to your destination.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Any training is initially difficult, but with persistence practice, we can master the art.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
You can capable of heroic deeds. Think well of yourself and act positively.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The only limit to the realisation of our goals will be lack of enthusiasm.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Hold on to hope and positive thoughts
—  strength for thy soul.
When you travel, be fully present in the place of voyage.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The pursuit of dreams is supernatural endeavours.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Wisdom is the ability to take two opposite facts and make sense from both of the them
— Luthando Daniels
You can be critical and not judgmental. The two are synonyms, but not the same. The critical man analyzes people, things, and issues, very carefully. The judgmental man presents the results of his careful analysis in a manner that condemns.
— Okei Kingsley
You can be critical and not judgmental. The two are synonyms, but no the same. The critical man analyzes people, things, and issues, very carefully. The judgmental man presents the results of his careful analysis in a manner that condemns.
— Kingsley C. Okei
Find your passion and live it!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I see any difficulty as an adventure.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
To be wise for one day is better than to be intelligent for a hundred.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The pursuit of our dreams is not without any difficulty. Those who triumph have learn’t to overcome the difficulty.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The greater your wisdom, the shorter the distance to success.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You have great talents. Aim for God best for your life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
We must be conscious of this; one day, the life we have, will be gone.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Perhaps we are all shells; but some of us have found the pearls inside, and this makes all the difference!
— C. JoyBell C.
If you have few days to live your life, what will be your passion for last days?
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The love of your life, is not the person who traps you into themselves; but the love of your life, is the person who sets you free from so many of the traps that you are already in! The love of your life, is not the person who blinds you to everyone else; but the love of your life, is the person who removes the many blindfolds that have accumulated on you, in your life. The lover for you, is the one who sets you free into themselves. You are freed from bondages, and inside of that freedom, stands that person! THAT is the lover for you!
— C. JoyBell C.
The birth of a child is a sacred phenomenon.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Thought is uncontrollable but controllable. Thought is the pivot of life and the epitome of good or bad living. A controlled thought is a controlled life and an uncontrolled life is an uncontrolled living. Our first and last thoughts from dawn to dusk are of great essence to living a purposeful life. They form a catalyst for a progressive or retrogressive life. What do you think of most before you sleep? What do you ponder upon most upon waking up from bed? The distinctive boundaries to your purposeful day are your first and last thoughts of the day. Remember! the first and the last thoughts.
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
O Lord my God, revive my soul!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Dare to take risk to fulfill your dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
What will be your death note?
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The strongest man survives himself.
— Drea Damara
We gain new perspectives on life after every voyage.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
You cannot force a dry well to yield water.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
So often we focus on finding answers to life's mysteries...when in reality, a wiser approach is to start asking better questions, and more of them.
— Dana Gore
Those who find courage to pursue their dreams, manifest gladness of their souls.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Grace of God, power of God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The roots of the strongest tree grow deep.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Share your skills, inspire a change.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
He who illumines one has begun illumining the world.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
As I witness the dead of beloved ones, it makes be become more conscious that life indeed has an end.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Healthy home, healthy life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhibit an ability to value others, that goes beyond ordinary. Well, the answer to that is simple. And it's not a religious answer, either. You see, it goes like this, when I look into a person's eyes, I am deeply aware of the fact that I am not only looking into the eyes of this person right here in front of me; but that I am looking into the eyes of a child, a baby, a grandparent... I am looking into the eyes of someone who has dreams at night, someone who plans for a future, someone who cries and laughs... it's not just the person standing in front of me, that I see; but I see all the persons that the individual has ever been and ever will be. I even see who they are in their dreams at night. You see, a person is much more than just a person! A person is a collection of vast and wide stories, each one good enough to read! So when I see people, I see all of these things! How can I not value a person when I see them in this way?
— C. JoyBell C.
Love is the greatest gift
—  we can give to one another.
Life is a game. We must keep playing the game. The more we play, the more we will understand the game of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Love endures every circumstance; Love never loses hope, never loses faith and never gives up.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The benefits often outweigh the suffering. Never concentrate on the pain, focus on the reward.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The theory of positivity teaches us to, "always look on the bright side" and to, "point out the bright side to others". However, any highly empathic individual will know, that this mindset alienates us from other people. What connects us with other people is the ability to identify with what they are feeling and thinking, regardless of whether or not we've actually been in their place before. If you want to point someone out to the light, first you need to get into their dark cave with them, light a candle, and say, "Hey, I'm here with you and look, remember what the light feels like?" That's the kind of positivity that actually bears real change in people, in the world.
— C. JoyBell C.
We walk alone in the wilderness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
We savour on great memories of happy times.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
If have the gift of prophesy, all wisdom and knowledge and have no love, I have failed to manifest my true soul.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
What other men fear should make you bold
— what makes other men fools should make you wise.
The greater a man’s folly, the greater his enslavement. The wiser a man is, the greater his freedom.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It takes a classic to recognize a classic.
— Michael Hecht
Good thinking makes you more attractive to yourself and others.
— Auliq Ice
What a joyful adventure!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Wisdom is a sharp chisel to carve out your future.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
In a group of intelligent men expect only one to be wise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You will know those who love you, when you are in need.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Do I have anything to lose? This life will be gone one day to the Creator who gave it.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The shrewd may gain temporarily, but the wise gain permanently.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
God of miracles.God of wonders.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
At the end of the day, there are very few people around you who truly want to see you peaceful, happy and content. Most of your friends only want to see you happy, peaceful and content, in ratio to their own happiness, peace and contentment. It's like, "Yeah, I want all your dreams to come true and I want to see you smile, but only for as much as I smile and only in proportion to how many of my own dreams come true." That's what people today call, "friendship" and "care". It's not really friendship and it's not really care. Then there's like one or two people who would celebrate your own happiness and success even if it's out of proportion to their own. And that's a real blessing right there, that's a real friendship.
— C. JoyBell C.
when words make noise, silence can talk.
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
I think the reason why people's relationships fail, really, is due to the fact that people are always putting their best feet forward all the time and not letting others actually "meet" them. The "meeting" part tends to happen later on and it shocks and disappoints people who have already bought into the best that was put forward. Why not meet people first as who you really are, then help one another, build up one another, encourage and sculpt each other... grow and become, together! Why can't people do that? Your best foot needs to be kept right beside you, right beside the other one.
— C. JoyBell C.
Adventure begins with a thought, decision and action.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I have learned that we may change the very nature of our thoughts, by changing the tone of voice we are thinking in! No one has ever paid attention to what tone of voice they are speaking in, during the time that their words are going on in their heads! People only pay attention to their tones of voice when their words are on their tongues! But it is the tone of voice we think in, that is responsible for creating the energy we emit. You may be screaming on the inside and even though you are calm on the outside, you are going to create the energy of your thoughts. If you want real change in your life, in your mind— really, just change the tone of voice that you think in!
— C. JoyBell C.
Spring time is nature at its best.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Appreciate youthfulness and empathize with elderly people.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Children of the light, walk in the light.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Read, re-read! Every word you read is a food for thy soul!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
A wise man is a student though he is a teacher.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
No one can foretell the details in a day, we can only hope.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Renew energy, revive strength.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
In times of solitude, I have find rest for my soul and uphold the glory of inner peace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Holy solitude, Holy peace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The highest knowledge, knowledge of the Holy Scriptures
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Teamwork, amazing outcome.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Time is your valuable treasure, use time for your own accomplishment.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Funny how in a material world full of pundits and economists obsessed with assets and liabilities -personally, economically and globally - few speak about the greatest of all these…YOU.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
The right thing done at the wrong timewill not bring about the right results.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
One who has great wisdom has great power.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Great literature makes a great life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Be good to everyone you meet.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Holy dreams.Holy decisions.Holy choices.Holy actions.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You have to know your goal to reach out for it.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Adversity is a good opportunity for self-realisation.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Don't be afraid. Change is such a beautiful thing", said the Butterfly.
— Sabrina Newby
We must never laugh at the struggle of another, even when it is something that we find to be easy and that we have not struggled with. Because we all have our own individual battles that we all need to work as hard at. Another’s struggle might be easy for you; but stop to think about yours. Is your battle easy? Or was it? No, it wasn’t, it isn’t. Well the other person’s isn’t easy, either. And I think this alone means we all need to give one another a beautiful kind of respect.
— C. JoyBell C.
Nothing will be impossible for the one who reads.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Life on earth is temporary. May we pursue peace and live in harmony with one another.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I dare say that if you aren’t showing up as you, you aren’t showing up at all. You are sending a phony, a counterfeit. It isn’t you. You might even reach a goal and have happiness, but the day will come that you’ll need more.
— Suzette R. Hinton
Sleep, where in the waste is the wisdom?
— James Joyce, Finnegans Wake
If we fast forward through the journey, like Adam Sandler in the movie, Click, we’ll look up one day and see that we missed our lives.
— Suzette R. Hinton
We are capable of learning.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We must complement each other beautifully.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The different kinds of work require different people to perform the task. You must fulfil your specific task.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
By its definition, sound is interactive. It is you connecting with the frequency of something greater or richer through hearing. Likewise, when your sound goes out, you can no longer hear the sound of your voice. And if you cannot hear your voice, you don’t know who you are.
— Suzette R. Hinton
Certainly, it’s wise to ask for counsel in whatever you endeavor to do. There is safety in that. But when the asking comes from a place of dependence, it is unhealthy.
— Suzette R. Hinton
If there's going to be pain anyway, I'd rather it be the pain of growth rather than the pain of staying stuck.
— Suzette R. Hinton
If the sound of your voice is not so loud it cannot be ignored, you aren’t quite there yet. You’ll continue to try this for a little while and then switch to that. You’ll chase everything that boasts of success but never truly find fulfillment in it.
— Suzette R. Hinton
May you find grace to survive life difficulties.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Why do we laugh at insecurity in other people? Why do you get a kick out of someone feeling insecure? Do you not have your own insecurities to battle with? Do you not have your own battles to fight? So where is the honor in finding amusement in the insecurity of another? If someone stepped in just in time to soothe your own struggling mind, wouldn’t that have made a world of a difference? Then why wouldn’t you do just that, for another? Don’t laugh at the insecurities of another person; because that could very well be you. Soothe the minds of others, because that’s exactly what you know you are in such need of.
— C. JoyBell C.
When people give you disappointment, don't worry; they are only showing you this- appointment. Just look and see.
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
We must not only observe but listen to the sound of nature.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Life is uncertain, we can only hope.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I believe that women ought to be more proactive about making choices in life. I think that I am not happy about seeing women take the passenger's seat and playing the victim game all too often. If you know a guy is engaged, don't kiss him! There is another woman in the situation whom you are hurting and that other woman could have very well been you, your sister, your mother! If someone is committed, don't sleep with him! There is another woman in the picture that is going to get hurt and that other woman is your sister, just because she is a woman too! This is the kind of proactive I want to see in women, everywhere. We're not victims of the choices that we make; we made those choices! Is another woman doing good? More successful? Happier? Good for her. Because she is your sister and she could very well be you. Let's respect the relationships, the personal paths, the doors and the walkways of our fellow women and let us wish one another the utmost happiness. Because this is the only way up and out.
— C. JoyBell C.
My mother used to tell me, every time we were watching Cinderella, that Cinderella had the best attitude and that I should strive to be just like her. Later when I grew up, I resented my mother for teaching me that way, as I saw it as the reason why I often felt preyed on by people who were much more like the ugly stepsisters. But now, all of a sudden, I’ve realized that what my mom meant was that no matter how ugly people can be to you, no matter how rough they treat you, no matter how much their actions tempt you to become your worst— you should overcome them by never letting them steal your gentleness. People only win when they are able to take away your gentleness, your sweetness. But if you remember that you’re a princess, and they’re just not, at the end of the day you win! Still, my mom should have pointed me in the direction of Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Cinderella is fine, but had she taught me that Belle was the best way to be, I would have probably never grown to resent that. Belle always retained her gentleness but she could still beat up a pack of wolves at the same time and that’s the kind of princess I wanted to be like! Not to mention she loved books!
— C. JoyBell C.
See everything, but judge nothing. Just choose your own path and let others choose their own. See everything, but judge no one. Just focus on your own path and let others focus on their own. See everything, but judge not what you see. You have your own inner worlds to conquer, your own inner gardens to water and to hone. You have your own inner gold to mine. See all, judge not, know thyself.
— C. JoyBell C.
I think that one of the worst things you can do to a person, is cast them in a negative light and paint them in negative hues, by using the malicious thoughts that are in your mind. We all have some kind of tape recorder in the back of our minds, a film strip, and there are lots of negative thoughts embedded onto that filstrip, and our minds act like projectors; projecting all of those images onto the new canvas that stands in front of us! It is a dark and harmful art that one engages in, when one paints the new canvas in old colours! We have to let it go, we just have to let it go. A person isn't all the other things that have happened to you; a person is a beautiful canvas with a painting that's already there and you need to sit still and see clearly and look at that painting. Then you need to be very careful what colours you dip your paintbrush into before making any new marks on what stands in front of you. Don't make the mistake of harming others and yourself, by painting them in colours that are not their own.
— C. JoyBell C.
In order for your wit to be appreciated, the people around you need to be witty, too. In order for your lightness of being to be appreciated, those around you must be vibrating towards the same weightlessness. In order for your beauty to be appreciated, those around you must have eyes that see beauty. For your authenticity to be appreciated, those who see it must also be authentic. For your humility to be appreciated, those you are dealing with must first know humility in their hearts. You see, you have spent too much time trying to be appreciated by those who are not good enough to appreciate you. That's the truth. Those who are better than they, will see you for the beauty that you are.
— C. JoyBell C.
The different shades of colours present cultural diversity.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Ask yourself if I'm capable of contradictions, Draupadi.Some missions succeed only by their spectacular failure. - Krishn
— Sweety Shinde, Arjun: Without a Doubt
How can we succeed, if we never tried?
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You possess a great soul, awaken the spirit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I find it funny when people try to brag about being younger than me...like having lived less is an accomplishment. Makes me want to pat them on the head, lol. I'm comfortable with who I am.
— Michelle M. Pillow
You have to be enthusiastic enough to do what is required for achieving your dreams and goals.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May your find strength to pursue your dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May your star point the best pathways for your life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
until we courageously find a cheaper antidote to our ignorance, we shall courageously pay a higher price for our ignorance always
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Elohim! Elohim!Great is the Holy God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Trust in your story, it's powerful enough. Oftentimes, it is not the lack of power that is our struggle; but it is our unawareness of the power that we do have, which is our biggest hurdle to surmount.
— C. JoyBell C.
You can carry around with you a basket full of magical apples; but when people do not recognize magic, they will ask you to go and pick earthly apples and then they will laugh at you when you are unable to pick the apples of the earth; but what they don't know is that you were given hands that are made to pick the magical apples from the ancient trees and what an opportunity they have missed in not asking you for the magic ones! But this is the downfall of mankind, in that they cannot recognize magic even when it is right under their noses! Blessed are the few who can, and who ask for it. Ask me for magic, because that is what I am capable of giving.
— C. JoyBell C.
The strangest things about people, are the different ways that people feel loved. Really, it is very strange how one word can mean so many different things to so many different people. And then there are the unique ways how we feel forgotten and left behind... it's different for everyone, and if only we could believe one another's truths and see each other's stories when we look into one another's eyes... because that would make all the difference.
— C. JoyBell C.
Our stories hold unique inspiration for one another.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Be the master of your life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Dare to overcome life difficulties to fulfil your dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Adversities test whether we really can live for our dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Life itself is sacred.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We are strengthening by different experiences in life;Sad times, happy moments.Poverty, riches.Failure, success.Troubles, good times.Losing, winning.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Dwell on positive thoughts!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
ignorance and power, they´re a poor combination.
— Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters
You have to choose your path.You have to decide what you wish to do.You are the only person that can determine your destiny.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Hope is the believe that the promised will be fulfilled.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
How could we love books more than money? This is the state of book lovers.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Keep calm and keep learning.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Gold may shine
—  but it has no true light.
I am mission and must complete it.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Look for a miracle in every encounter.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
At the end of life, nobody knows where the spirit goes.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Don't allow the circumstances to stop you from pursuing your passion.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Together we all live every momentOn the very brink
— The razor’s edgeOf ecstasy or disaster.
Life, wherever it leads,Will always be the same,It begs for the best of you.
— Scott Hastie
Birth our night into dayAnd bathe it clean,So that beloved things can glowTogether in a litter of light.
— Scott Hastie
Appreciation for cultural diversity is essential for our co-existence.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You can reach maximum performance by engaging in physical activities.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You have a responsibility to keep your homes, surroundings and city clean.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Accept God's love, unconditional love.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Giving is the only way to receive more.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We may regard certain days as free days. Free days are however fee days. We will pay later
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, The Untapped Wonderer in You: Dare to Do the Undone
Every Moment Offers Us ChoicesChoose wiselyBecause the Choices You Make, Make You
— Lyssa Danehy deHart
Hope is the assurance of positive expectations.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You have the power within your reach to create what you desire.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Embrace the love of your life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Lover of books, lover of knowledge.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
My greatest privilege is being married to a gentle loving husband. I am very grateful God made our path cross.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We too can repair our cracks with goldAnd glow again.Crazed by life,More beautiful than ever before.
— Scott Hastie
Everyday can be extraordinaryAnd ripe,Like a flower burst,If the will is there.
— Scott Hastie
Sense howEven the smooth stones acheWith stories of their ownIn the shuddering light of day.
— Scott Hastie
Research
—  the quest for in-depth knowledge and wisdom
Ultimately not one amongst usWill ever be denied that,The glimmer of a chance to shine.
— Scott Hastie
Dear God,Let the anointing and the power of the Holy Spirit be mighty upon me, so I can who you want me to be.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
When in love or inspired,An eternal kiss from the divineAwaits us all.
— Scott Hastie
Heavenly Father, pour your spirit upon me, I desire to do your will in Jesus Name. Amen!!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, On Eagles Wings:Rise
Embrace life with hopeful attitude.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The gift of the moments and its lessons prepares us for a better tomorrow.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Sound soul
—  commence and end your day with meditation.
By disappearing in the Land of Nature, you appear in the Land of Wisdom!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
It’s not really outstanding when you’re standing outOutcry is the only outburst,if you can’t shout
— Munia Khan
Philosophy defines our world. I see my life in terms of great words.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Once spun,The silken thread of all our aspirationsRemains intact,It can never be broken.
— Scott Hastie
Nothing that truly mattersCan ever evaporate,Be excised,Burnt out of your soul.
— Scott Hastie
Children of the light, live in the light.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
All great people had critics, but they still believe in beauty of their dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Graceful aging starts by leveling the playing field between emotional landmines and physical grievances.
— Auliq Ice
I don't want all the silver and gold of the world, Dillon said. What I'm seeking is to know. I want to understand God and I want to know His wisdom.
— Pat Patrick, Taellywood Treasure Hunt
Dreaming pleasantly is spiritual.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Be as audaciousAs you wish.By all means look to the heavens.
— Scott Hastie
In this life at least,Our fate is rarely epic.Maybe just as well,Impervious heroes we are not…
— Scott Hastie
We not only need to have a deep respect for children
—  but also a deep respect for the child in everyone.
The reason why the world is a difficult place to live in, is due to the fact that people are not interested in people. Nobody is truly interested in anybody; they are only interested in the parts that they think will be pleasurable and comfortable for them to get to know. People don't want to know what you're afraid of, what kind of dreams you have at night, what your eyes look like when you laugh and when you hurt... people want to receive perfect gifts and other people are supposed to be those perfect gifts! But then none of us are those perfect gifts. All of us are real on the inside but then people want what's not real... so how is the world supposed to work, that way? I want to know what's real in people, and in me. And it's hard to be this way, because nobody else is.
— C. JoyBell C.
No man was born in chains; it is their fellow man who has put them in chains, and at any given time, every single man and woman has the absolute right to break free from those chains of any nature and of any form! It is not God who has put you in any sort of bondage! It is your fellow man who puts you in bondage in the name of God!
— C. JoyBell C.
There are people who want to change the world, make it a better place... but what they don’t know, is that to make a difference in the life of one person and to make a single person’s life a better thing to live, is just as valuable as changing the whole world. And most of the time, that’s the only thing that we should be doing. You can gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process, and in that case, the whole world just isn’t worth it.
— C. JoyBell C.
A permanent pathThat, once illuminated,Goes ever onward – a way home…
— Scott Hastie
I advise everyone to choose a religion based upon the beauty that the religion has brought to the world. There is much to be said about every religion, there is much evil in history written about every religion, and at the end of the day, you're only going to find out which one works after you're dead and if you're lucky, that won't happen soon! Simply put, you believe in the things that you believe in right now, because you were indoctrinated with fear from a very young age, forward. You fear straying a path that you were told you should walk on. So what path should you really walk on? Walk on the path that has created, is creating, and will be creating— beauty. The only real sign of anything worthwhile, is beauty. The true religion is the belief in what is beautiful. So if something creates a beauty in your heart and in the world— walk that path.
— C. JoyBell C.
People live their lives now in fear of the afterlife, and in the process, they forget that they are still alive! And for as long as you are alive, my friend, you have the chance to break free from any bondages whatsoever, that your fellow man has put you in. Your passion should not come from any one religion; your passion should come and should be fueled by, the fact that you are human and that you have been given this life to leave your stamp of beauty and of progress upon mankind!
— C. JoyBell C.
In life, you don't lose;you learn.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
When God gives you a dream, He provide heavenly resources to fulfill the dream.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Be strong and courageous, along unfamiliar paths, God will guide you.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
How stubborn life is,It clings like silver in our souls.
— Scott Hastie
many people who think they know do not know what they know and only know what they do not know
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
God's grace is the power to forgiveness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You must depend on higher power to fulfill your mission in tough journey.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Each day brings its own miracles. May your hearts and mind be open to daily miracles.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Want to come one step closer to wisdom? Then you have to train yourself unconditionally in forbearance.
— Kristian Goldmund Aumann
We are all souls walking on the earth.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I've learned far too much to know everything.
— J.S.B. Morse, Everyone Agrees: Book I: Words, Ideas, and a Universal Morality
God's power, gracious life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The sea, the sea…Man alone,Passive, unawareIn his elemental sadness.
— Scott Hastie
When you are on a great mission, look simple;think and act complexly
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
May you find a new path in your travel.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We are all One and others are simply reflections of ourselves. When the mirror is cleared, the reflection becomes clean too.
— Human Angels
It is of immense importance, that first and foremost, people identify themselves as human beings, rather than as a believer in a spiritual belief system. Any spiritual belief system. There is such a preoccupation with where a person will be after he/she dies, that people keep on forgetting we are all here right now— on this planet! Okay, so you are on your way to Heaven, of course, whilst many others who do not believe as you do are on their way to hell, of course— but those are not yet facts! The fact that we do have, though, is the fact that we are all here right now, on this Earth, living this life, breathing this air, and it's about time we identify ourselves with the reality in front of us: that we are human beings and we all cry, laugh, love and hurt.
— C. JoyBell C.
God's grace is the power for greatness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Wisdom's Way to Wonder?Yes, Your Majesty? Wiseoneder, What say you of days and nights?Days and nights, Your Majesty, appear to the bright to be filled with light; Light being dark way out of sight.
— Richard Mc Sweeney, A Green Desert Father
Today I began to criticise myself and look at myself with a judgmental eye... but then instead of going all out in that direction, I stopped and I began to understand me. And then I began to be patient with me. And then I began to feel a softness in the middle of my chest. So then I concluded that I can understand and be patient with me, just like how I am always understanding and being patient with everyone else. Why? Because I deserve that, and more.
— C. JoyBell C.
Do not worry when situations get bitter. A bitter situation is a better teacher. The greatest lessons in life can least be found in comfort and much more in uncomfortable situations of life.
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
so many sounds do come close to our ears each moment. What we allow into our mind and how we interpret what we listen to is what propels our thought and actions
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, The Untapped Wonderer in You: Dare to Do the Undone
What does it mean to be the master of your own soul, the captain of your own mind? It means that you keep the final say on what you think, feel and do. No one fearful thought can overtake you, no one doubtful feeling can overthrow you from your path, no one memory of pain can turn you away from what is meant for you now; because when the waves of doubt come and the winds of fear blow and the rains of pain fall and feel like they're stinging you again— you say no. You say no. You say that you will be the master of your vessel and you will tell your mind to stay the course, you will tell your heart to stay fixed, you will tell your skin that it knows the touch of silken balms. You are the captain of your own ship.
— C. JoyBell C.
she enetered the room and the entire crowd stopped, who was she? even in a million moons; you will never understand her, for she is to mysterious to presume and too wise to share her light to everyone. I wanted to love her, but i could tell, i wasnt the only one.
— Nikki Rowe
Perspective and perseverance are carved by time and constructed by wisdom.
— A.D. Sams
The process of enlightenment and evolution can never happen without the realisation of shortcomings. People, when they think they are the best and can’t get any better, are easily offended when others see room for improvement. But it is when you think you are already the best that you have put a ceiling right on top of your head, a ceiling made of concrete, that stops you from becoming any better! Be happy when you see an area for improvement! Be happy that someone pointed it out to you, be happy that there is still space above you for you to reach towards; and not just an impenetrable ceiling of satisfaction and ideology.
— C. JoyBell C.
coincidence is not just only a road to facts but also a call to ponder
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah