If you can see it in your mind, if you imagine it, if a little voice inside tells you it is possible! then, who do you allow to stop you? Who do you authorize to limit your dreams? All barriers and stops have your permission first or the people you permit to dissuade u. Because the only limits that exist are the ones in your own mind.
Listen to the words of The First Female to ascend Mount Everest, the first Olympian to be awarded a Perfect 10, the first African American to be sworn in as President of the U.S, the first blind Entrepreneur to become a Travel guide, the first female to fly over the Atlantic in 1928, the orphan who pioneered the microcomputer revolution, the African American janitor who discovered the cure to Blue Baby Syndrome without any formal education and several more.
Against all odds and through the harshest circumstances they persevered in their dreams. If they saw the limits of their surroundings, the 'nay sayers' or even the segregation that surrounded them they would never brought our country to where we find ourselves.
What each of these individuals did was to look inside their heart.
We are each born with unique gifts. We all bear the same light in us. So, don't be enslaved to another man's dream, don't be afraid to SOAR, follow your heart.
If you feel downtrodden while achieving your goal or know someone who feels hopeless today, please share this spark with them so they can let their light light shine brighter.
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"People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who often do."
-Rob Siltanen, Founder Siltanen & Partners.
"At 18 yrs, when I was told that Math wasn't a subject for blind people...
I decided to go and get my degree in Mathematics."
"When the finance world told me that I couldn't be an accountant...
I decided to prove them wrong. "
"When I found out, that I couldn't travel as a solo blind person....I decided to create Traveleyes, a travel agency for everyone to see the world."
- Amar Latif, Blind Entrepreneur, Accountant and Travel guide.
"Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important!"
-Junko Tabei, considered a frail and weak child; First Woman to Climb Mount Everest, 1975.
"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown your own Inner Voice."
-Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple, Pioneer of the Microcomputer Revolution of 1970.
"Be realistic, demand the impossible."
-Che Guevara, Physician, Author, Fearless Activist, Cuban Revolutionary.
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
-Shirley Chisholm, First Black Congress Woman elected to the United States Congress and Represented New York's 12th Congressional district 1969- 1983.
"There's more to life than being a Passenger."
-Amelia Earhart, First Woman to Fly over the Atlantic, 1928.
"There are two ways to live. You can live logically, as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein, Discoverer of the World's Most famous Equation E = mc^2
Michael Jordon- He was kicked out of his high school basketball team. He missed more than 9,000 shots and lost 300 games. Now, he is known as the best basketball player of all time.
Thomas Edison-His teachers said he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He failed 1,000 times with his invention. Now, we are using his idea to light our homes.
"The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune."
-Amelia Earhart, First Woman to Fly over the Atlantic.
"Yes, We Can!"
-Barack Hussein Obama, 44th President U.S.A; First African American President.
"At KFC, 24 people applied for the job, and while 23 were hired — I wasn’t one of them."
-Jack Ma, Chinese Business Magnate and Richest Man, Co-founder of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate, Environment Influencer.
Jack Ma is one of the richest people in the world, with a net worth of over $36 billion according to Forbes. But there was a time when he couldn’t even get a job at Kentucky Fried Chicken.
J. K. Rowling was out of work, depended on welfare and subsidies from the the church, a single mother battling severe clinical depression — contemplating suicide at one point. When she finally finished writing Harry Potter, sh e was rejected by a number of publishing companies before getting published. Now, she’s just one of the richest women in the world--selling 400 Million copies of Harry Potter.
"I never thought, 'I can't be because of the color of my skin, I can't be because of my gender.' No dream is too big. I want to be a billionaire."
-Ciara, American Recording Artist, Singer, Dancer and Model , Multimillionaire.
Ciara Princess Harris was born in Austin, Texas. At 10 years old she wrote down her list to manifest. ' The first goal I wrote down was to get discovered. The second was to sell 3 to 4 million records. Third, have longevity.' She accomplished all three before turning 40.
"Perseverance is critical. I achieved whatever success I achieved because I was unwilling to stop."
- Nadia Comaneci, First Gymnast to be Awarded a Perfect Score of 10; 1980 Olympics .
"I am the kind of person, when I make a decision, I don't doubt it. I go all the way hoping that it is going to be good.
-Nadia Comaneci, First Gymnast to be Awarded a Perfect Score of 10.
"To bring anything into your life, imagine that it is already there."
-Sir Richard Bach, Pilot, Author of Illusions and Ellora Muna's Mentor.
Walt Disney- He was fired by his newspaper editor believing that he lacked imagination and had no good ideas. He went bankrupt and failed a number of businesses. He is now the owner of the billion-dollar company profiting from the most famous movies.
"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you want and it will be done for you."
- The one and Only Jesus Christ
"In the context of Jim Crow segregation, Thomas used self-motivation and faith. He was a product of his own brilliance, persistence and inner drive. Instead of wallowing in the disappointment of not being able to become a doctor, he threw himself into research that would revolutionize cardiac surgery."
-Andrea Kalin, Independent Film Maker and Director on Vivien Thomas who in the 1930's with no medical degree, hired as 'janitor' at Johns Hopkins became one of surgeries biggest innovators and saved millions of lives.
"When God created you, he had a purpose and a reason for your life so everything you dream about just keep on pushing to realize it. Always speak about your dream and nothing else."
-Isaac Mwavali, From Mathere Slum in Kenya to the Founder and Brand Owner of Kenya's number 1 fitness brand, Afrozulu Fitness.
"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."
-Steve Jobs, Inventor Apple Computers inc.
Henry Ford. He was broke five times and his early businesses failed. Now, he owns the one of the considered as best motor companies in the world with a net worth of 200 billion dollars.
"Your time is limited. So don't waste it living someone else's life."
-Steve Jobs, Inventor Apple Computers inc.
"Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do and will not do."
-Amelia Earhart on Being Limitless.
"The mind is the limit, as long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California, Actor, Most Important Figure in the History of Bodybuilding.
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take."
- Wayne Gretzky, Nicknamed 'The Great One' has been named the greatest hockey player ever.
"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
- Michael Phelps, Most Decorated Olympian of All Time- A total of 28 medals.
"Think like a Queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."
-Oprah Winfrey, Multi-billionaire, Greatest black Philanthropist in American History.
"What is Impossible to you? For me it means, I- AM- POSSIBLE or infinite possibility."
-Anonymous.
"Let your life so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
-Jesus Christ
"You never know, you neverrr know....."
-Dan Garcia, Inventor of Patient Lives Saving Technology, Aqutru.
" I never think of the future."
-Albert Einstein, Inventor who Shaped the Future.
"Imagination is more important than than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the whole world, stimulation process, giving birth to evolution.
-Albert Einstein, Physicist who developed the Theory of Relativity.
Dr. Levi Watkins fought for the rights of African Americans to have higher education during a time of segregation. He worked with Martin Luther King. Both he and Vivien Thomas performed the first ever implantation of a defibrilator. Today defribilators are used to revive both black and white patients from death. While he experienced racism his invention saved the lives of humans, indiscriminate of color. He also pioneered research to allow Ace inhibitors, a blood pressure medicine to be administered safely.
-Levi Watkins, Heart Surgeon, Civil Rights Activist, First Cardiac Surgeon to Successfully Implant an Automatic Defibrillator in a Human Patient at Johns Hopkins University, 1930.
"So unto your beliefs may you be given what you say you are worth."
-Anonymous. E.
"Never interrupt someone doing something you said- couldn't be done."
-Amelia Earhart, First Woman to Fly over the Atlantic, 1928.
“Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they’re yours.” Richard Bach
Say No to Conversations of Limits because-- you don't have them.
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