Inspirations - Friday, April 22, 2016

I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.

Gillian Anderson - Actress

Inspirations - Thursday, April 21, 2016

The biggest barrier to learning

may not be the inability to learn,

but the tendency to sometimes

believe or act as though we already know everything.

Henry Ford - Author, Speaker, Consultant

Inspirations - Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

Haile Selassie, Former Emperor of Ethiopia.

Inspirations - Tuesday, April 19, 2016

We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. Our abundance has brought us neither peace of mind nor serenity of spirit.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968
Baptist minister, Activist, Humanitarian
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, Civil Rights Leader

Inspirations - Monday, April 18, 2016

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Colin Powell
Son of Jamaican Immigrants
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1st African-American Secretary of State

Inspirations - Friday, March 15, 2016

HOW TO BE MENTALLY STRONG
Do NOT fear alone time.

Do NOT dwell on the past.

Do NOT feel the world owes you.

Do NOT expect immediate results.

Do NOT worry about pleasing everyone.

Do NOT waste time feeling sorry for yourself.

Do NOT not waste time with things that you can not control.

Do NOT let others influence your emotions.

Do NOT resent other peoples’ success.

Do NOT shy away from your responsibilities.

Do NOT give up after the first failure.

Do NOT fear taking calculated risks.

Source: http://www.magicalmaths.org/top-12-ways-on-how-to-develop-mental-strength-worth-a-look/

Thank you to Emmanuel Lawrence for bringing this one to our attention

Inspirations - Thursday, April 14, 2016

Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.

Mohandas Gandhi

Preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India

Inspirations - Wed., April 13, 2016

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Audre Lorde, poet and activist

Inspirations - Tuesday, April 12, 2016

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does -- that makes you a winner right there.

Venus Williams, Olympic gold medalist in tennis

Inspirations - Monday, April 11, 2016

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Zora Neale Hurston

Inspirations - Friday, April 8, 2016

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

Mary McLeod Bethune
Educator, Stateswoman, Philanthropist, Humanitarian,
Civil Rights Activist

Inspirations - Thursday, April 7, 2016

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

Carol Moseley-Braun
Politician and Lawyer

Inspirations - Wednesday, April 6, 2016

If you write, continue to write.  If you speak, continue to speak.  Whatever your passion, do it even when you think no one is looking, listening, or caring.  Fulfilling YOUR commitment to YOU strengthens your resolve.  Becoming your best illuminates the path others may follow.

Henry Ford - Author, Speaker, Consultant

Inspirations - Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Life's most persistent and urgent question is,

'What are you doing for others?

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Faith is taking the first step even when

you don't see the whole staircase.

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Our lives begin to end the day we become

silent about things that matter.

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I have decided to stick with love.

Hate is too great a burden to bear.

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

A few quotes from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirations - Monday, April 4,2016

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Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights. And so just as I said, we aren't going to let dogs or water hoses turn us around. We aren't going to let any injunction turn us around. We are going on.

From the speech "I've been to the mountaintop" by
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee

Inspirations - Friday, April 1, 2016

Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn’t the dream destroy reality?

George Moore – 1852-1933, Novelist

Inspirations - Thursday, March 31, 2016

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

Booker T. Washington
Educator, Author, Orator
Advisor to presidents of the United States
Dominant leader in the African-American community

Inspirations - Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Just don't give up what you're trying to do. Where there is Love and Inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Ella Fitzgerald, jazz vocalist

Inspirations - Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

Booker T. Washington
Educator, Author, Orator
Advisor to presidents of the United States
Dominant leader in the African-American community

Inspirations - Monday, March 28, 2016

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.