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Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
Whether you're looking for a fresh perspective, in need of a motivational boost, or craving some creative inspiration, Maya Angelou's incredible work is a rich source of reflection. Below, you'll ...
These inspirational sayings and short quotes — from self-help personalities, global humanitarians, and mental health champions like Oprah Winfrey, Brené Brown, Deepak Chopra, Maya Angelou, and ...
A prodigy as a child, Wheatley was the first black person to publish a book of poems in the American colony, and though her poems are sometimes thought of as expressing "meek submission," she is also what Camille Dungy describes as "a foremother," and a role model for black women poets as "part of the fabric" of American poetry. [21]
Poems of 1912–1913 are an elegiac sequence written by Thomas Hardy in response to the death of his wife Emma in November 1912. An unsentimental meditation upon a complex marriage, [ 1 ] the sequence's emotional honesty and direct style made its poems some of the most effective and best-loved lyrics in the English language.
Jessie Pope (19 March 1868 – 14 December 1941) was an English poet, writer, and journalist, who remains best known for her patriotic, motivational poems published during World War I. [1] Wilfred Owen wrote his 1917 poem Dulce et Decorum est to Pope, whose literary reputation has faded into relative obscurity as those of war poets such as Owen ...
Environmentalist Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an impressive feat in and of itself.What's even more admirable was her work in science, a field in which women faced many obstacles, as well as the time she spent getting her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT– well, almost.
As it turns out, the power of positive thinking is real. A small 2016 study published in Behaviour Research and Therapy suggests that for people with an anxiety disorder, positive thinking and ...