"I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves."

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Source : Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”

Major Taylor

#Perseverance Quotes #Monsters Quotes #Prejudice Quotes

“Cool URIs don't change”
“Books are my weakness.”
“sometimes, how a situation is perceived carries more weight than the reality of the matter.”

Source : Tammara Webber (2012). “Easy”, p.144, Penguin UK
“On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.”
“Words fail, there are times when even they fail.”
“Why should I worry about the biological clock ticking? Saif is 10 years older. He should be worried.”
“I find having your own car is like a passport to the world.”
“During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet-and-below appointees. I would also argue that their war on judicial nominees has been way beyond what went before. Really, if the president nominated God to serve on the D.C. Court of Appeals, Mitch McConnell would threaten a filibuster.”

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