Nicole Inspiring Quotes

You are not a burden, an accident, or a mistake. You are meant for amazing things that you can't even imagine for yourself.

She will rise. With a spine of steel and a roar like thunder, she will rise.

Till we recognize what’s sick and messed up about ourselves this world is gonna stay sick and messed up.

No regrets. Just live in the moment.

I am a world of uncertainties disguised as a girl.

Don't let the fear of losing them keep you from loving them.

I have faith in God to put me where I need to be at the right time, and to put on my heart what I’m called to do… Sometimes we’re called to be very proactive about one thing, and then in another season, we’re supposed to let it go, trust God and pick up something else. You have to be in constant prayer and connected with the Holy Spirit to lead you.

Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste.

No matter what you've been told, your worth more than gold.

It doesn't matter where your journey begins, so long as you begin it...

I keep thinking it's going to come back when I least expect it. When I'm at my happiest. So I'm always afraid to be happy." Zane looks out at the horizon. "You know, there are so many things that can go wrong in this world, you could spend your whole life worrying about them and forget to appreciate every moment you have with someone. Then, you're like, 'God, why wasn't I thankful for what I had when I had it?'" He glances over at me. "You know what the secret to a happy life is?" I shake my head, silent tears falling down my cheeks. He squeezes my hand. "No regrets. Just live in the moment.

I will never be a leader like you." "Excellent. Be greater.

When life's got you down, keep your head up... you can't see the ground anyway

You are worthy of your wildest dreams.

Change was inevitable. It didn't mean I had to like it.

I had to go through hell to get a piece of heaven?

I know you like to be in control and you operate a lot from fear but you have to break the bounds of your past Nicole and rewrite the story you’ve been telling yourself based off of others experiences. You have to create your own experience, write your own story.

When all is said and done all anyone has left is their integrity at their core... Don't give that away too.

You're on a journey whether you want to be or not.

Be the Light you seek so desperately in your life and chase away that darkness.

When you have the power to love, that strength, that courage is infinite; that love is infinite. There is nothing finite about it's presence, for love. never. dies.

found more action by going to a retirement home and watching the 900 year old people play bingo!!!!!!

Even a faint light will shine far in the dark.

Only grabbing the necessary tools and getting to work, you'll build the path you'll use to get where you wanna go.

At my core, I know this: God is God. All that lives and breathes flows from him in both original and ongoing states.

If you believe in the power of your own words, you don't need to quote others.

You're not special for the pain you've suffered; you're special for what you've done to overcome that pain.

It's always amazing how when we're sure we've lost something for good, it winds up finding us.

God can turn the impossibile into possibilities. Possibilities become opportunities. Opportunities leads us one step closer to our dreams!

The truest of loves transcends even the greatest of insecurities.

God's way is rarely easy, but it's always better than mine.

Teenagers are complicated and at times stubborn, yes, but we are not dumb. We see the world in a different light than the rest do, and sometimes, we’re misunderstood because of it. And that’s alright. That must be the definition of ‘human being’: Misunderstood. But neither of us should tolerate degradation in any of it forms.

We should teach our kids that they're blessing and not a burden and that they're valuable beyond what they can imagine - in God's eyes, in the world's eyes - that they're purpose is so important to fulfill and it's gonna make a difference in the world. And they're the only ones that can make the difference that they can make, in the way that they can make it. That's why we all have different fingerprints. And I feel like the message is not clear enough. It's not clear because they go to school and they get challenged and they're bombarded with the idea that abortion is okay, that we can just go ahead and, you know, if we're not ready to have a kid we can just take care of that problem. But kids are not a problem, they're not a mistake, they're not a burden. They're blessing from God and that's what we don't understand. My mom was sixteen when she had me and we both almost died, I was a second kid, she had my brother when she was fifteen. And we both almost died and the doctors told her to abort me and I think that a lot of people gave her that advice. So when I grew up I think I had a sense of being a burden. And I think a lot of kids actually have that sense.

God's best for us rarely comes without the stretching, and it's in that stretching season, those periods of complete and utter dependence on God's faithfulness, that He holds our hearts and molds them into a shape that only He can fill.

We create our future self by default or design.

Love is more than flirty feelings and fun dates. It's about what lives underneath the surface. The commitment you keep even when life gets hard and all the fuzzy feelings fade.

It is what it is and we are who we are and no measure of hope or time wasted wishing, will ever make it never so.

When the urge to knock on a door strikes, it's your soul's desire for forward movement. So knock!

Beauty can be found in the most frightening of places. You just have to be open to the possibility that in truth, there's nothing to fear.

As long as people believe in the written word and a good story.. They will believe in me.

Some say pain is the greatest motivator. . . I say it's love.

Our tragedy is their beauty. Our pain is their art. The beatific bereavement that is our life captured on a canvas for all the world to see.

Maybe the very things I've been so afraid to yes to all these years are the very things He wants me to trust Him with.

How many paths had I avoided in life? How many times had I been content to stop at "close enough"--too afraid to push ahead? Too afraid to let go? Too afraid to give up . . . control.

It takes all my strength to do daily tasks. To some people, I’m just a number. I’m a projected food stamps debit card lifetime member. I’m seen as crazy or insane, but it doesn’t matter. I know I am bigger than my suffering.

It's really difficult to hear God's voice when my ears aren't tuned in. But I can tell you one thing, Lauren. God doesn't trick His children. He loves us, and everything He asks of us, or allows us to walk through, has a purpose.

It was a truth universally acknowledged that by age forty I was supposed to have a certain kind of life, one that, whatever else it might involve, included a partner and babies. Having acquired neither of these, it was nearly impossible, no matter how smart, educated, or lucky I was, not to conclude that I had officially become the wrong answer to the question of what made a woman's life worth living. If this story wasn't going to end with a marriage or a child, what then? Could it even be called a story?

So much of my life had been spent taking and taking and taking. Thinking it was all about me, believing that everything came down to me and how I felt, what I wanted. Even in my grasping attempts to know God, I did exactly that: I grasped. I sought. Sometimes I waited. But I never opened myself, spread my soul wide as an offering so He could come and capture me. I never let Him run strong fingers through my soil, watering it with His grace so my fruit could grow and grow above the weeds that threatened to choke it out.

He could have swept me into his arms, kissed my mouth in a fit of passion, and begged me to be his bride, and whatever deep thirst I had hidden in the heart of me still would not be slaked. Amazing, unfathomable man that he was, I had hoped that he could breathe life into me. It took the touch of his lips to convince me that he was only a man. True, he stirred something in me- sweetly, tenderly, even graciously- but when his kindness brushed up against my soul, it did not begin to ease the ache of the seemingly bottomless fissure that still gaped.

I realized that I’ll phase back again and this state of elation I have when I’m with you will be over. I’m not ready for it to end. As amazing as all of this is, it’s not complete. I’m so limited on the time we do have that I try to live each moment when we’re together. I never know when it’s gonna be our last.

Affirmations are powerful ways to change your life.

Nothing makes a person feel worse than knowing you’ve inspired pity. It’s a knife in the chest. A scalpel across the neck.

Change Your Posture! Change Your LIFE!

I see the beauty All around me I see it The polished faces

It's impossible to love someone and never feel pain. They're a packaged deal. But when you're committed to loving someone--you figure out how to work through the hard times.

Falling in love with you was not happenstance

But I’ve found that sitting around moaning about how sad it is gets no one anywhere. That’s why I get involved.

The Holy Spirit acts as an agent of TOTAL RECALL. One of his jobs is to bring to memory the word of God.

But more often than not, the best rescue plan we can offer someone we care abour is our support for each step they take forward

All you need is love. Friend love, family love, the real deep kind of love that hurts you right in your heart when you think about it. In a good way, of course.

Maybe we need to be blown off course every once in a while. It can open up a whole new world.

I actually realise that I don't care if they're all finding me strange. They don't have what we have. And I feel sorry for them.

The past is like an old record. You can play it over and over and make it the theme song of your life. Or you can seal it up in a box and burn it.

God is always on time.

None of us are strong enough to hand the hard apart from God.

Being with Joshua felt right and good. He was everything stable, safe, secure. With him there were no agonizing waits or pointless heartaches. He was real, tangible, and right here in my arms.

Being a leader doesn’t mean you have people reporting to you on an organizational chart—leadership is about inspiring and motivating those around you. A good leader affects a team’s ability to deliver code, architect good systems, and apply Lean principles to how the team manages its work and develops products. All of these have a measurable impact on an organization’s profitability, productivity, and market share.

Does the butterfly lose time in the months it grows from caterpillar to flying beauty? One day, I’m going to want to sleep twelve hours at a stretch and I won’t be able to. I’m not losing time. I am going through a metamorphosis.

Even as I worried, I admired her strength and unwillingness to give in to the virus in her blood. "I'm fighting to show that I can still succeed," she told me once. "An HIV-positive person is not a disable person. I still have my dreams.

Every past memory marked by neglect and abandonment scrambled to the sidelines, forced to make room for the one thing I'd desired above all else--love. The kind that cheered. The kind that stayed. The kind that fought and protected and endured.

There's an old Chinese proverb that those of us in the adoption community love to share with those new to the journey. "An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break

Ladies and Gentlemen, there are two types of metamorphosis: complete… as with butterflies and incomplete… as with roaches...” “‘…The butterfly is designed to look better than the caterpillar version of itself, but roaches come out lookin’ like adults and actin’ like adults from their youth...

July 22, 2009 At times I still feel lost, but I also feel the comfort of my Lord through the physical pain and the mental challenges. I know He’s there. I can feel Him in the sun beaming down on my brown skin. It feels like love and comfort. It feels like He’s holding me when I suffer and I’m not alone.

Life should be full of- Compassion, Peace, Companionship, Honor, Love, Honesty, Joy, Rapture, Euphoria, Friendship, Family, Spiritual Enrichment, Enlightenment, Trust, Truth, Loyalty, Passion, Cultural Enrichment, Unity, Serenity, Zen, Wonder, Respect, Beauty of All Kinds, Balance of all Creation, Philosophy, Adventure, Art, Happiness, Bliss, Serendipity, Kismet, Fantasy, Positivity, Yin, Yang, Color, Variety, Excitement, Sharing, Fun, Sound, Paradise, Magick, Tenderness, Strength, Devotion, Courage, Conviction, Responsibility, Wisdom, Justice, Satisfaction, Fulfillment, Purpose, Mystery, Healing, Learning, Virtue, History, Creativity, Imagination, Receptiveness and Faith. For through these things you are One with your Creator.

Continuously growing beyond life's moments is about opening your heart, mind and soul to learning, persevering, and discovering your true potential after surmounting life's mountainous challenges.

Our Souls Matter To God and the Matters Of Our Soul Need Healing and Deliverance

We cannot look like what people are running FROM though…No… We must not only Look like HOPE we must BE HOPE…we cannot just Sound like FAITH…we have to BE FAITH…we cannot just Look like LOVE…we have to BE LOVE…

It’s a poem he wrote inspired by a love greater than love, where one lies in a tomb and the other sleeps beside it. Even death cannot keep them apart.

I want to interrogate the world.

¿No le parece curioso lo mucho que nos apresuramos a reparar algunas cosas y lo mucho que esperamos para otras?

I’m not going to give them that power. I’m going to keep using my voice. I’ll raise it, and I’ll keep raising it until I get so loud they can’t ignore me.

I love you louder than my demons can scream.

No one person knows everything; that has never been God’s design. It matters not how wise we become, no one person has the right answers all of the time. God is the source of all wisdom, yet our levels of understanding are not equal. No single mind can contain all of God’s wisdom, which is why He disperses His wisdom among people. God is wisdom and knowledge, and anyone who really knows Him will never deny, that to receive instructions from God is to receive wisdom, but to obey God’s instructions makes us wise. "Wisdom," From the book, 'Perspective: Lessons from the Journey' by Nicole A. Jones

we actively participate in our mental wellness (or lack thereof) with every choice inspired me to keep learning and studying as much as I could about our potential for full-body healing.

Do you consider me beautiful?” I ask him this question every day, and each time, my voice carries the freshness of a first inquiry. This isn’t pretense; the authenticity of his response seems to escape my memory, prompting me to seek affirmation anew. His deep exhale fills the brief silence before he responds. “You realize that you are going to have to learn how to answer that question for yourself? You are like a treasurer, asking me to appraise the same ruby every day. While my intentions may lead me to always tell you the truth—that the ruby is invaluable and stunning—if one day I’m not around, you risk encountering someone who, with less honest intentions, might convince you to undervalue it, to give it away for nothing.

I would try again tomorrow.

We measured transformational leadership using survey questions adapted from Rafferty and Griffin (2004):1 My leader or manager: (Vision) ​–​Has a clear understanding of where we are going. ​–​Has a clear sense of where he/she wants our team to be in five years. ​–​Has a clear idea of where the organization is going. (Inspirational communication) ​–​Says things that make employees proud to be a part of this organization. ​–​Says positive things about the work unit. ​–​Encourages people to see changing environments as situations full of opportunities. (Intellectual stimulation) ​–​Challenges me to think about old problems in new ways. ​–​Has ideas that have forced me to rethink some things that I have never questioned before. ​–​Has challenged me to rethink some of my basic assumptions about my work. (Supportive leadership) ​–​Considers my personal feelings before acting. ​–​Behaves in a manner which is thoughtful of my personal needs. ​–​Sees that the interests of employees are given due consideration. (Personal recognition) ​–​Commends me when I do a better than average job. ​–​Acknowledges improvement in my quality of work. ​–​Personally compliments me when I do outstanding work.

You are the only thinker in your mind. You do not need to allow the challenges of life to impact you negatively.

Art is pleasurable, and that adds value to life. It’s also inspirational and influential. It isn’t the same thing as being the one to run into that burning building, but it can make people think about the person who does run into the building. Most of us get so caught up in our everyday lives we overlook those things.

Even the best ideas have a shelf life. Do not think that the way you have done something is the way it should be done today. You must be willing to reinvent, alter directions, and re-fous on new and future ideas.

Consistency matters. You must learn that giving people a consistent high-quality product is of importance, like building trust across your brand. This build relational wealth - people want to know what they are about to step into and with whom.

What is at the heart of what you do? What is your heart's desire? Go after it with everything within you! Climb the mountain for the reward - at the top is LIFE!

Look on the bright side and don't let adversity keep you from winning.

Be yourself, because you are filled with special qualities that have brought you this far, and that will always see you through.

We all can benefit from more insights and healing.  We are all in need of some form of “everyday art therapy.

I remember when I was five playing tag with Cara and her brother. I accidentally got pushed into the side of her trampoline, and I bit the inside of my mouth. Blood gushed everywhere. Cara’s mom held me until my parents came back. I didn’t need stitches, but it was nasty. I roll my tongue over a small bump on the side of my mouth. Yep. It’s still there. Real friendships have battle scars.

I remember when I was growing up and there would be sick people in the church. I was always so sensitive to them sitting in the pews alone, and I would not pass by without saying hello. But even at those tender ages of 5 through 14, I felt like they carried the plague, and after seeing them I would turn around praying really hard to never experience sickness like that, ever. I’d pray that I wouldn’t make God angry enough to curse me like that with really awful things, but I didn’t think about grace. I did not understand that it does not work that way, that God’s grace is so much bigger than our sin because of Jesus—but I do get it now. We go through what we do so that we can fulfill God’s glory in our lives.

There is nothing as delicate, as stunning, and as vulnerable as the heart.

Everything beautiful inspired a tear, as if her small body was incapable of containing the great emotion she felt.

Have you ever wondered why a woman would violate the sisterhood code by stealing men and destroying families without a trace of guilt or remorse? What is going on in her head to make her act that way? She may be a sociopathic sex addict—a Sexopath. Unfortunately, Sexopaths are very difficult to detect because they look like everyone else and lying comes as easily as breathing to them. The only way to protect ourselves, our relationships, and our families is to recognize these people for who they are. If we can understand how they think, we can beat them at their own game. Enter the mind of the ultimate anti-hero inspired by an actual socipathic sex addict—you are going to love to hate her!