“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
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How
“How do you tell a black woman, raising a son isn’t some type of inside joke …snickering at the soul of a single parent mother, dressing her son for graduation hoping he can make it across the stage, down the aisles or off the balcony quick enough to not be caught in his skin at the wrong time.” – Jasmine Mans
Castles in the Air
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be…
…Now put foundations under them”
– Henry David Thoreau
The Work of Love
“May your hands be an extension of your heart, and may you do the work of love with them.” – Aja Monet
Stand
“Every time you can find the strength to get back up, you render failure powerless.”
A Successful Man
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him”.
~David Brinkley
Pretense
“They think this thing is some kind of façade. Don’t know what a real man is so they think you’re a God to me. Mistaking the heavenly embrace of your arms for wings cuz I told ‘em I’m willing to fly away with you.”
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