“I don't have to live up to that Superwoman myth. I can cry and be human and lean on people who can take care of me. That can be very liberating.”
"Love is contraband in Hell, cause love is an acid that eats away bars."
- Assata Shakur
Love
"I’m not quite sure what freedom is, but I know damn well what it ain’t. How have we gotten so silly, I wonder."
- Assata Shakur
Awareness
"Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other peoples’ freedom as well."
- Assata Shakur
Compassion
"I believe in living. I believe in birth. I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth. And I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, seasick sailors, can still be guided him to port."
- Assata Shakur
Hope
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."
- Assata Shakur
Adversity
"Self-respect tends to inspire respect from others."
- Nathaniel Branden
Self-esteem
"Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality."
- Les Brown
Self-esteem
"You are your best thing."
- Toni Morrison
Self-esteem
"Thinking you’re no-good and worthless is the worst thing you can do."
- Nobito
Self-esteem
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Self-esteem