Let’s take the above quote from the perspective of a writer, it would go something like this:
What’s the greatest thing a writer should learn? That since day one, they already have everything they need within themselves. It’s the world that convinced them they did not.
There are Certain people who’s sole aim in life is to diminish others spirit; to crush them and break their dreams. Yes, these people do exist and whenever we look to them for validation, we’re simply making their job or rather hobby, easier.
The point is, we shouldn’t need validation from anyone in order to chase our dreams. We shouldn’t wait for someone to read our stories and tell us, “this is going to be a best seller” before we actually believe and go ahead and publish it.
If we survive on people’s flattery, then we will die from their criticism and writers should not be like that, we are better than that. We are a group of people gifted with the talent of spurring emotions into words, of turning sorrows into humor, of creating a reality otherwise deemed surreal. We are the people who with simply a pen and a paper create a world, others can barely dream of.
We cannot expect the world to believe in us if we do not believe in ourselves. There is a saying- believe you can and you will. For anyone reading this, I want you to know that you have everything you need within yourself, don’t let the world convince you otherwise.
This is my submission to Writer’s Quote Wednesday (for which I am super late).
What timing! I just added you to the lineup for tomorrow! I love this quote. All hail the strong women! ❤
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Haha, a narrow escape then! Cheers to strong and inspiring women! 🙌🙌
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Absolutely! We got it going on! 😀
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Great quote! Just imagine all the wonderful books that would not be available to us if some of the writers had listened to the dream crushers! And…it’s not just about writing..it includes everything ever made or invented.
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Ahhhh, all the Enid blyton and Harper Lee’s we’ld have missed. I think self belief is a very important trait in life.
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Great quote and great perspective! Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
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Thank you!! I love the quote, when I saw it, I felt it had to be my writers quote ☺
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Super late ……………. maybe! Excellent Post …………. absolutely! Well done! 🙂
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Hahaha, Thank you very much. 😄
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Love this quote! Great post, my friend! 💛
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Thank you Georgette, even I love it, haha☺
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Amen.
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I know right?! I hear ya ❤
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That’s wonderful and inspiring! Loved every word of it
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Thank-you daisy. I am glad you do. I love it too 😃
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Reblogged this on AND THE SILENCE CONVERSES.
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Beautiful quote having a powerful message.
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Thank you Amrit. It’s also onebthe best quotes I’ve seen in recent times ☺
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Love Love Love!! and this is why you will have a book of poetry published someday cause you will believe in yourself :)! ❤
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Haha, Thank you JOY. And also because you believe in me 💕💕
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Very wise
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Thank you. It truly is inspiring. 😊
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Wow! What an inspiring and insightful quote! Fantastic.
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Thank you very much. I also felt inspired by it. ☺
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Thank you very much. I very much felt inspired by it too. ☺
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So inspiring and empowering! The quote is fantastic and with your enlightening words added it is a masterpiece! More of us need to know this and be free of society’s imprisonment.
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Thank you very much Nena. I am a fan of the quote, it’s something we do need to be reminded of. ❤❤
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If we survive on flattery, we die by criticism, I love that! Great post, thank you…
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Thank You Trae. 😊
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Wonderful post Ameena!
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Thank you Pj. When I saw the quote, I felt inspired by it and had to share it.
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I’m glad you did. It was wonderful and a wonderful post!
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I can’t tell how many times my dreams have been squashed under somebody’s else’s thumb
As always Sheldon
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I know right ?! Sometimes, just a word from a person is enough to break us. Maybe find the strength to believe in ourselves over the dream crushers. Thank you Sheldon.
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