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Lasting Marriages – Miracles in Disguise
“As far as I’m concerned, if a Black man and woman make marriage work in amerika, they’ve accomplished a miracle. Because everything is against them. Just being poor is one of the biggest obstacles. Most of the arguments are about money. It’s hard to be loving and caring when you can’t pay the bills and… Continue reading
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It’s Not the Load
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, its the way you carry it.” – Lena Horne Continue reading
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Tides
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe Continue reading
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No Smooth Roads
“Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself.” – W. C. Doane Continue reading
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A Successful Man
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him”. ~David Brinkley Continue reading
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