Mellody Quotes & Sayings

You cannot be brave without fear. — Mellody Hobson

I'm asking you not to be color blind, but to be color brave. — Mellody Hobson

White men make up 30% of America but they hold 70% of the board seats. — Mellody Hobson

If you've never been on anything before, they're not going to take a risk and give you a huge job 90 percent of the time. There are exceptions to that. I certainly wasn't an exception to that. I had to pay my dues big time, but I wish somebody would have explained, 'Look, your job is not to get work. Your job is to get better.' — Christine Woods

There's no going back. So we might as well get on with things. — Suzanne Collins

Black people use body lotion every single day. — Mellody Hobson

It took me a long time to be as brave in my personal life as I was in my professional life to be brave in love means opening yourself up to the possibility of heartbreak. — Mellody Hobson

The MOST important concept in achieving a BIG goal is to 'Powerfully Believe in Yourself!' If you have that, who can stop you? — Shawn Anderson

If we can learn to deal with our discomfort and just relax into it we'll have a better life. — Mellody Hobson

You know that excuse... it's not you it's me? I say that a lot, when I break up with someone, but I don't really mean it when I do. I'm not the reason my relationships end but neither are the women. It's not me and it's not them--it's that we never had a we. There was no us. It's hard to say what makes two people have that, because it's something you can't put into words. It's a feeling, I know it's only a movie, but I want the feeling that Lloyd had. He didn't just want Diane, he needed her, so he did everything in his power to get her back. — Karyn Bosnak

Invite people into your life who don't look or act like you. You might find they challenge your assumptions and make you grow. — Mellody Hobson

The biggest risk of all is not taking one. — Mellody Hobson

I think that's life in general. It's the way it is when we pick stocks, all of them don't always work, so I guess I come to the view naturally. That's just the way life is for human beings so its going to be just as true for policy. — Mellody Hobson

Observe your environment. Invite people into your life that don't look like you or think like you — Mellody Hobson

In terms of my profession, I'm passionate about financial literacy. I want to live in a financially literate society. I want kids to understand the importance of savings and investing. I want to try to replicate the great savers who came out of the Depression, the best savers the country has ever seen. It's crucial that people understand the importance of financial literacy, because it's actually life saving. — Mellody Hobson

A healthy boundary creates controlled vulnerability. — Pia Mellody

Dada aimed to destroy the reasonable deceptions of man and recover the natural and unreasonable order. — Hans Arp

There is no true reality. It is just an interplay of your consciousness, awareness, thoughts, and actions. — Debasish Mridha

It's time we become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race ... Instead of being color blind, we need to be color brave. — Mellody Hobson

Sometimes you have to crouch to conquer — Mellody Hobson

Silenus's true age might be anywhere from ninety to a hundred and fifty standard years. If he were close to the latter age, the Consul knew, the odds were that the poet was quite mad. As — Dan Simmons

Usually when we reason, our minds have a tendency to grab any information that seems to be related to the topic, in the process retrieving both relevant cues and those that seem somehow to be connected but may not actually matter — Anonymous

Don't be color blind, be color brave. Embrace diversity as a competitive advantage. — Mellody Hobson

It may be hard to hear, but victim thinking is actually self-centered. If you're stuck in a victim mindset, you feel one down, helpless, and at the mercy of others. From this place you perceive yourself as the target of unfortunate events and other people. You may interpret random events as being about your exceptionally bad luck or as a sign that other people are out to get you. You become "terminally unique" in your outlook and you may even become paranoid. When you take on the role of victim as an identity or a badge of honor, you are actively participating in your victimization and disowning your authentic personal power. "You are only a victim for a nanosecond." - Pia Mellody — Vicki Tidwell Palmer

I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca. — Malcolm X