India.Arie Quotes

What did not demolish me simply polished me.

I heard a voice that told me I'm essential. How all my fears are limiting my potential. Said it's time to step into the light and use every bit of power i have inside.

You're beautiful like a flower More valuable than a diamond You are powerful like a fire... There is nothing in the world that you cannot do When you believe in you, who are beautiful Yeah you, who are brilliant Yeah you, who are powerful Yeah you, who are resilient

I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because i am a queen

In a world of smoke and ashes, you are milk and honey

Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.

The difference between living and feeling alive, is using your fear as fuel to fly.

No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself.

What tried to demolish me, I allowed to polish me.

I am not my hair I am not this skin I am not your expectations, no I am not my hair I am not this skin I am the soul that lives within.

When I look in the mirror and the only one there is me Every freckle on my face is where it’s suppose to be And I know my creator didn’t make no mistakes on me My feet, my thighs, my Lips, my eyes, I’m loving what I see

Success is clarity of my intention....and reaching that intention while being true to myself and with joy.

God is infinitely creative, and everyone's different, and everyone has a different path, a different lesson, a different song, a different face, a different voice.

Your real job in this world is to be you.

Break the Shell”: “Child, it’s time to break the shell Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell.

Strength, courage & wisdom...it's been inside of me all along.

The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of.

Because you never know where life is gonna take you, And you can't change where you've been, But today, I have the opportunity to choose.

The worst disease in the world is hate. And the cure for hate is love.

The truth, it needs no proof. Either it is or it isn't.

One of the things that I've worked my way out of doing, and I knew that I needed to, was comparing myself to other people. That just poisins everything. It all of a sudden dtermines even clothes you're going to choose to wear that day or what you're going to do with a music production or how you're going to sequence it. It poisinseverything. Your real job in the world is to be you. Comparing yourself to other people I think that hurt me more than anything. Allowing myself to go there so much in my head hurt me.

Go on and love yourself, cause everything's gonna be alright.

There aint no substitute for the truth, either it is or it isnt. You see the truth it needs no proof, either it is or it isnt. And you know the truth by the way you feel.

The only thing constant in the world is change, that's why today I take life as it comes.

My body is beautiful and sacred, and I'm going to celebrate it.