"I'm grateful to see my work flourish in my lifetime. Many of the great people in our history were not able to see how much their work, suffering and sacrifices enriched our lives and pushed our struggle forward. But I've been blessed to see my work begin in a family home, spread around the world and be embraced by millions of African people throughout the world African community."

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Source : Source: lasentinel.net

Maulana Karenga

#Struggle Quotes #Blessed Quotes #Grateful Quotes

“I discovered makeup when I was 13, and it changed my life. I started wearing mascara, and overnight, people reacted to me in a very different way - I was more popular and I felt more confident.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“My life, my choices, my mistakes, my lessons- NOT YOUR BUSINESS.”
“Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel.”

Source : "The Haj". Book by Leon Uris, 1984.
“Stan Hack has as many friends in baseball as Leo Durocher has enemies”
“He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to that of the happy mortal who enters this world with a passion for flowers in his soul.”

Source : Celia Thaxter (2008). “An Island Garden”, p.4, Applewood Books
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”
“If something works for another school, use it. Don't act like you are too good to use other ideas”
“What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obvious, even against me, I must support.”

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