The Main Thing In One's Own Private

I Believe That Every Person Is Born With Talent.

One Isn't Born With Courage. One Develops It By Doing Small Courageous Things.

Look What You've Already Come Through! Don't Deny It. Say I'm Stronger Than I Thought I Was

If On Judgement Day I Were Summoned By St. Peter To Give Testimony To The Used-to-be Sheriff's Act Of Kindness, I Would Be Unable To Say Anything In His Behalf. His Confidence That My Uncle And Every Other Black Man Who Heard Of The Klan's Coming Ride Would Scurry Under Their Houses To Hide In Chicken Droppings Was Too Humiliating To Hear. Without Waiting For Momma's Thanks, He Rode Out Of The Yard, Sure That Things Were As They Should Be And That He Was A Gentle Squire, Saving Those Deserving Serfs From The Laws Of The Land, Which He Condoned.

Living A Life Is Like Constructing A Building: If You Start Wrong, You'll End Wrong.