Self-advocacy is the act of expressing or sharing one’s thoughts and feelings about oneself, including opinions. Speaking up for yourself, and making your own decisions becomes a crucial part of adulthood. And this must be practiced in the early days, in order to become better self-advocates.
Many activities when initiated can help them become better at the skill. Nonetheless, there is another thing that can motivate individuals to practice self-advocacy, and that is – Quotes!
Do you know that there are quotes on this ground to motivate you?
Here we listed out some quotes that not only motivate you but show the importance of self-advocacy in the words of well-known personalities. Read through these lines and experience the power of these snippets to power up learning disabilities as well.
Can quotes motivate self-advocacy?
Quotes are statements said by great personalities. These are the statements that work as morale-boosting for a person. Trying to motivate someone to show self-advocacy can be difficult, as you might not know how they’re feeling or what they’re going through. You might also find that sometimes people are unwilling to admit when they feel down, and being able to cheer them up can be a struggle. But quotes give you an opportunity to show empathy and understanding for their feelings.
There are many celebrities that have quoted motivational quotes. Whether it be the actor, athlete, or actress, they use these quotes to inspire their followers. These quotes can motivate people to achieve a goal or keep going when they feel like giving up. The goal is to use these quotes to help someone overcome obstacles so they can achieve success. Here are some other benefits of these snippets:
- Self- Advocacy quotes are strong enough to empower a person.
- People can relate the quote to themselves, their lives, and their ambitions
- These quotes make a person believe in them. Restores their confidence by aligning themselves with the deep meanings of the quotes.
Here are the Self-Advocacy quotes from the great people across the world
1. The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.
2. I forgive myself for getting lost in comparison and self-doubt
3. Not in doing what you like, but liking what you do is the secret to happiness. —J.M. Barrie
4. You, more than anyone or anything else are the cause for most of your suffering. Only when you understand this will you be able to change this.
5. If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down. – Toni Morrison
6. If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up in the morning, you can’t just wait to see what kind of day you’ll have. You have to decide what kind of day you will have. Higher Thoughts, Higher Energies, Higher Vibrations, Higher Frequencies. – Joel Osteen
7. When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. – Honore de Balzac
8. The only thing you can control in this world is how you respond to the events. You are in control of your inner space.
9. Nothing binds you except your thoughts; Nothing limits you except your fears, and nothing controls you except your beliefs. – Marianne Williamson
10. Don’t let the world rush you or tell you who you should be. Go at your own pace and sing your own song. – Lorin Deschene
11. I’ve always been afraid of saying no to people because I don’t want them to be disappointed and dislike me. – Elizabeth Gilbert
12. Sometimes the easiest way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem. – Jonathan Mead
13. You don’t primarily need someone to complete you, you primarily need to accept yourself completely.
14. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean
15. I am not a product of my circ*mstances. I am a product of my decisions. – Stephen Covey
16. We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. –Maya Angelou
17. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. — Robert Louis Stevenson
18. I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear. — Rosa Parks
19. I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. — Leonardo da Vinci
20. When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” – Sydney Harris
21. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
22. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. – William James
23. What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain. – Maya Angelou
24. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – M. K. Gandhi
25. Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that’s all you’ve really got; when you strip everything down, that’s all you’ve got, so always be yourself. – Al Roker
26. I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. – Langston Hughes
27. What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
28. Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. –Bruce Lee
29. Life isn’t perfect, any failures you have are actually learning moments. They teach us how to grow and evolve. – Philipa Soo
30. Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey
31. If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it. – Wanda Sykes
32. I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all. —Simone Biles
33. The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing that you’ll make one. —Elbert Hubbard
34. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.—Arthur Ashe
35. A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.—John A. Shedd
36. For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
37. If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.—Jen Sincero
38. The most beautiful and profound way to change yourself is to accept yourself completely, as imperfect as you are. —Maxime Lagacé
39. You must have long-term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures.—Charles C. Noble
40. If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.—James Cameron
41. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.—Barack Obama
42. Advocating for what you believe in is crucial- if you don’t ask for it people assume you don’t need it!
43. Be bold enough to use your voice, brave enough to listen to your heart, and strong enough to live the life you’ve always imagined.
44. Don’t wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along. – Napoleon Hill
45. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not. – Dr. Seuss
46. You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.- Maya Angelou
47. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Especially not yourself. —Mindy Kaling
48. We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.—Arianna Huffington
49. One of the biggest qualities is having an awareness outside of yourself, and understanding that the world doesn’t revolve around your needs.— Brie Larson
50. Even if you scored your dream job, you will have bad days. You might even have a crummy week, month, or year. Living out your passion doesn’t exempt you from the struggle. —Meggie Francisco
Before we wind up…
It is important to be strong and assertive in challenging situations. The key is to learn the skills of self-advocacy. It means understanding your strengths, skills, and values so that you can be effective in advocating for yourself or others. Often, self-advocacy is used to refer to the process of mentally preparing oneself, and then seeking out opportunities. It can also be used as the practice of taking care of one’s own needs so that one can take care of others. The quotes stated above let you get further insights along with motives to kickstart earning sessions.
Manpreet Singh
An engineer, Maths expert, Online Tutor and animal rights activist. In more than 5+ years of my online teaching experience, I closely worked with many students struggling with dyscalculia and dyslexia. With the years passing, I learned that not much effort being put into the awareness of this learning disorder. Students with dyscalculia often misunderstood for having just a simple math fear. This is still an underresearched and understudied subject. I am also the founder ofSmartynote -‘The notepad app for dyslexia’,
