"I would tell young people to start where they are with what they have and that the secret of a big success is starting with a small success and dreaming bigger and bigger dreams, I would tell them also that a young Black woman or a young Black man can't dream too much today or dare too much if he or she works hard, perseveres and dedicates themselves to excellence."

-- John H. Johnson

#Dream Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Men Quotes

“To reflect on the essence of the Creator ... is forbidden to the human intellect because of the severance of all relation between the two existences.”
“The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.”
“While I am watching the birds I believe I am comparatively immune from the assaults of life. The very indifference to humanity of these wild creatures affords me a certain safeguard. Where all else is dangerous, hostile and liable to inflict pain, they alone can do me no injury because, probably, they are not even aware of my existence. The birds are at once my refuge and my relaxation.”
“I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.”

Source : George Plimpton (2003). “George Plimpton on Sports”, Lyons Press
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”
“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"”

Source : Cornelia Stabenow, Henri Rousseau (1994). “Henri Rousseau, 1844-1910”, Taschen
“We are blessed and sustained by what is not said”

Source : Song: Easy, 2010
“I'm a bit of lunatic with shoes and jackets and jeans. It's just how I am.”

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