"For of those to whom much is given, much is required†Bible (Luke 12:48)"
"One ever feels his twoness,--an American, a Negro; two warring souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." - "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois(1903)
"I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all, I do not weep at the world -- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.â€-Zora Neale Hurston
"Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it." - Zora Neale Hurston
"It's not bragging if you can back it up....If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize." -"The Greatest" Muhammad Ali
"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself...He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life" -"The Greatest" Muhammad Ali
"Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent." -Marvin Gaye
"I am a firm believer in human nature, yet I am always shocked by it" -Marvin Gaye
"Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind carries me across the sky" - Ojibwe saying
"Champagne for my real friends, Real pain for my sham friends" -25th Hour
I'd rather take the time to burn every last bridge I've ever crossed beneath the sun, then live my life knowing that one day you might follow me over one" -jigga (NOT Hov)