We love ourselves a good quote and so we asked our community to share their favorite quotes and affirmations with us and we’ve highlighted some below.

Eve Cook | Executive Director, Elohee

This quote by Brian Andreas of Story People really helped me while deciding to take the plunge into creating Elohee even though I had cancer and didn’t know what my future held. “Say yes. Whatever it is, say yes with your whole heart. As simple as that sounds, that’s all the excuse life needs to grab you by the hands and start to dance.” It was the letting go of the “what if’s?” and the “how to’s” that helped us get our footing so we could follow our hearts and just go for it. Read more>>

Riingo Applee | Clothing Producer/Fashion Model

Something that I always say is: There are at least 6 crayons in a crayon box. They are all different colors and each represent something different. We as people, are like crayons. We share some of the same similarities, though no one or none of our skills are exactly the same. Read more>>

Danielle Latrice | Author & Certified Life Coach

My favorite quote is, “Your story is the seed of someone else’s transformation.” I love this quote because it’s a reminder that it’s important to create a relationship with my past. After all, my life experiences are a part of my life’s purpose. And more importantly, there is no need to feel shame in those experiences because someone on earth will relate to me because of it, and they’re waiting to hear me own my story to inspire them to make strides in their life. Read more>>

Myles Yang | Music Professor – Bassoon

Many years ago, I was study at Yale. The dean of our music school was Dr. Robert Blocker. He told us a story in one of the school meetings. In 1817, gas street light was introduce to the US. Every lamp need to be lighted by a lamplighter after sunset. The first lamp was lit on the corner of Baltimore and Holliday streets in Baltimore, where the young Robert Louis Stevenson was living in. Later in his life he wrote famous books including Treasure Island. When he was a child in Baltimore, one night he was staring at the street outside his bedroom window. His grandmother asked him what he was looking at. He said, look! There’s a man poking holes in the darkness. Dr. Blocker said, as musician, we are the lamplighter in the current age. Read more>>

Quatisha Zeigler | Serial Entrepreneur/ Instructor/Coach

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”~ Confucius I love this quote because of its true meaning. If you choose a field that captures your passion, then it never really feels like work. Simply because you are doing what you love to do. I receive the greatest pleasure from helping my clients achieve goals in life that never saw possible. Many people seek my service to purchase homes for their families, gain financial stability, and create generational wealth. There is no greater joy than to know I assisted them through this process. Read more>>

Susan S. Cavagnaro | Lawyer/Fashion Stylist

“Don’t pick a job with great vacation time. Pick one that doesn’t need escaping from.” Unknown I am sure you have heard this one. Another that is unknown is “do what you love and it will Never feel Like work”. I have had an interesting career. I have worked for myself the better part of twenty years. I am a lawyer that requested to be part time when I had children. So I reoriented and pivoted so my compensation was based on my performance rather than salary which gave me ultimate flexibility. I started my career as a fashion stylist when my second baby was one year old. Read more>>

Glam By Emma Collins King | Glam Artist

“No excuses, figure out a way if you really want it.” This quote is the driving force behind my business and my life. There is always a reason or excuse to not go after something you want, but I am a firm believer that if you really want something, you will find a way to make it happen. This quote is reflective in my business because I had many people tell me that you cannot make a career out of doing glam, but because I wanted this career so bad, I ignored what people said and made a career out of it. Read more>>