“ Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend. ”
As long as you keep a person down some part of you has to be down there to hold him down so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
~ Marian Anderson
When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.
None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.
I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow.
