We asked the community to share their favorite quotes and affirmations with us. Check some of those out below.

Jana Akkari | Photographer & Creative Director

My favorite quote is by one of my favorite Lebanese-American writer and poet, Khalil Gibran. “Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost” Read more>>

Mungi Ngomane | Author, Public Speaker, Activist and Consultant

Progress is not linear. It’s a phrase we’ve all heard but I don’t think I actually listened to it until recently. I thought for the last 15-16 years that I would be a diplomat and I got my Master’s in diplomacy but then Trump was elected and I had to acknowledge I would be the worst diplomat in that instance. Read more>>

Luis Vazquez | Director & Owner of Carrier Crumbs LLC

So ever since I bought my first laptop and camera 8 years ago I’ve had this fortune cookie quote taped onto my computer. The fortune says, “One dreamed of becoming somebody. Another remained awake and became.” Sheesh … POWERFUL lol. Read more>>

Kiana Moattari | Actress

The affirmation I’ve recently been repeating to myself is that “I am enough”. I have found, especially over the past year, that it can be so easy to take the business too personally. It makes sense – it’s very vulnerable to be an artist. As an actor, I’ve been so lucky to have had some great wins but that does not mean that the rejections and harder periods of time haven’t been mentally taxing. Read more>>