India Arie Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Your real job in this world is to be you.

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

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

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 songs that I've written about Africa, and AIDS and HIV and about the power of humanitarian love, those songs, I'm gonna sing them because I know that it's real.

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

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.

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.

You're only human. Let's break free of this gravity of judgment And fly high on the wings of forgiveness.

It doesn't cost a thing to smile.

I'm a Libra, I always have two sides of everything.

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

If you create the game, then you create the rules.

I choose to be authentic in everything I do

If he ever left me, I wouldn't even be sad; no, 'cause there's a blessing in every lesson, and I'm glad that I knew him at all.

If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true.

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

Some people just don't like to be their self. I'm always looking, analyzing myself.

Every mountain needs someone to climb it, Every ocean needs someone to dive in, Every dream needs someone to wish it, Every adventure needs someone to live it

There's hope. It doesn't cost a thing to smile. You don't have to pay to laugh. You better thank God for that.

The thing that makes me most vulnerable is romantic relationship.

I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, the most lessons.

Either you're a hater or a lover.

Your work is to find healing. And I find, for me, it's a little bit at a time, and eventually it's barely there. And the journey is finding what works for you and doing it.

I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in my songwriting.

I'm just in that stage where I pray for God to show me how I can be effective in the world and things come up and I go. But I have yet to really dig in.

I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about.

Tolerance is the seed, and the gift of pure acceptance is the tree

It's always sad to me when certain people are excluded from being considered beautiful... because of someone else's expectation. That bothers me.

If I'm not doing anything to make a change, then I'm responsible.

A person's either responsible for themselves or we're all responsible for each other.

I will be patient, kind, faithful and true To a man who loves music a man who loves art Respect's the spirit world and thinks with his heart

Beautiful jewelry, a beautiful room - that's what museums are - a beautiful painting, a beautiful face, it makes you feel good to look at, and that's a beautiful thing.

There are rules but there's really no wrong way.

Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when you see me live, I'm a singer-songwriter.

Any time someone is passionate about a cause, it's because they want to heal something inside of themselves.

There's a million ways to make people happy.