Inspiration Quote by Audre Lorde — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my ears, my eyes, my noseholes--everywhere. Until it's every breath I breathe. I'm going to go out like a fucking meteor!”

“For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us.”

“There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.”

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

“If what we need to dream, to move our spirits most deeply and directly toward and through promise, is discounted as a luxury, then we give up the core -- the fountain -- of our power, our womanness; we give up the future of our worlds. (From "Poetry is Not a Luxury")”

“True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.”

“I may not know everything, but everything is not known yet anyway.”

“You can do it if you believe you can!”

“The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.”

“Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.”

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.”