Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. |
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. |
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. |
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. |
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. |
Be present in all things and thankful for all things. |
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. |
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. |
Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. |
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. |