"I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away"

-- Julian Bond

#Running Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.”
“A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if youâ€™re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.”
“It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.”
“The abundance, the solidity, and the splendor of the results already achieved by science are well fitted to inspire us with a cheerful confidence in the soundness of its method.”

Source : "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.
“What I want you to know is that â€˜Zero Dark Thirty' is a dramatization, not a realistic portrayal of the facts,”

Source : www.cia.gov. December 21, 2012.
“My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.”

Source : 1955 Interview, 8 Feb.
“I put my head down and charge.”

Source : "Muriel Siebert, a Determined Trailblazer for Women on Wall Street, Dies at 84" by Enid Nemy, www.nytimes.com. August 25, 2013.
“When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'”

Source : Keynote Speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 11 February 2011, Ronald Reagan Centennial Dinner, Washington, D.C.

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