India Arie Quotes

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

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

I love him in every way a women can love a man, from personal to universal but most of all its unconditional.

Life is a journey, not a destination. There are no mistakes, just chances we take. So lay down your regrets, because all we have is now.

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

Chaos isn't good for your health.

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

By all of your beauty I am so inspired. Your love has baptized me by fire.

I am light. I am not my age, I am not my race; my soul inside is all light. I am light.

Do you know that some women actually refuse to be treated for fear of losing their hair? In the words of my friend India Arie: “Hey, I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am a soul that lives within.” I wanted to make a statement that I wasn’t ashamed to have cancer or be bald. I was absolutely stunned by the reaction to my video diary. The outpouring of support was overwhelming.

It's everything, it's nothing, it's perfect.

There is no substitute for the Truth, either it is or it isn't.

It is not what we do or who are, it is the simple fact THAT we are, that makes us worthy to be loved.

[Sobremotivación en personas y un estudio de Ariely et al., 2009] En pocas palabras, pagar más no siempre favorece el rendimiento, y en ciertos casos incluso puede perjudicarlo. (¡Por favor, que los empresarios no se enteren de los resultados de esta investigación llevada a cabo en dos países, India y EEUU; tendrían la coartada perfecta, y doblemente interesada, para rebajar los sueldos: más producción con menos gasto! En este caso, a los obreros sólo les quedaría la esperanza de que tales resultados no fueran reales y no se replicaran nunca más.)

Henrique Dubugras, the co-founder of Brex, told me he was most excited about companies focused on rebuilding insurance. Mario Schlosser, the co-founder of Oscar Health, pointed to the wealth of opportunities still left to revamp healthcare. Max Mullen, who co-founded Instacart, raved about the future of food; Max Levchin of Affirm and PayPal talked about the importance of “clean water, access to food, climate change, and improvement in education.” For Neha Narkhede of Confluent, it was “the consumerization of the enterprise,” meaning a bottom-up adoption of tools to make enterprise sales happen. Michelle Zatlyn, the co-founder of Cloudflare, was excited about the future of social networks. And on the life science and healthcare side, Arie Belldegrun of Kite Pharma was excited about cell therapy, while Nat Turner of Flatiron Health was keen on the application of data in “neurology, neurodegenerative disease, and cardiovascular diseases.” The most interesting response came from Tony Fadell, the co-founder of Nest. “I think it’s more important to look at the markets than spaces and industries,” he told me. Beyond Silicon Valley, big changes are happening in India, in Southeast Asia, and across Latin America. “These places are going through massive transitions, just like China has already. You need to pay attention to these new markets and see what unique problems you can solve for these markets. You always need to think in the context of the problems of the place you’re going after.