"I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all."

-- James A. Baldwin

#African American Quotes #Philanthropy Quotes #Made Quotes

“The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.”
“Hang with people who support and uplift you.”
“You know you're doing what you love when Sunday nights feel the same as Friday nights....”
“In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of discoveries in different scholarly disciplines. The convergence in the results of these independent studiesâ€”which was neither planned nor soughtâ€”constitutes in itself a significant argument in favor of the theory.”
“Men, you are in a battle. You are in a war. The stakes of this war and its casualties are higher than a checkmark in the win or loss column. Lives will be lost. Eternities will be shaped. Destinies will either be discovered or dismissed. Dreams will be attained or relinquished.”
“I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.”
“I used to worry about losing my husband to another woman. Now, I'm more afraid of losing my nanny to another woman.”
“A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one.”

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