"Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that encompasses all mankind."

-- Ella Baker

#Fighting Quotes #Civil Rights Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“Trust, in its most primitive form, is based on authenticity, not flawlessness.”

Source : Todd Duncan (2002). “High Trust Selling: Make More Money in Less Time with Less Stress”, p.29, Thomas Nelson Inc
“True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice.”
“Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles which have come to you in the past and will come again in the future, but ask yourself with regard to every present difficulty: 'What is there in this that is unbearable and beyond endurance?'”
“Prayer is asking for rain. Faith is carrying an umbrella. Faith is the inner sense of knowing that with divine order working on your side, all things will come together for your good. Faith is knowing that there is a divine plan and purpose for everything in life”
“Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Know what I mean?”
“All my life I'm trying to go forward and trying to grow.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“From my perspective, 'postmodernism' merely names an interesting set of developments in the social order that is based on the presumption that God does not matter.”
“Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.”

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