Quotes February 12, 2022

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt – 1884-1962 – Former First Lady of the United States
 
 
 
 
You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct, and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.
Napoleon Hill – 1883-1970 -Author
 
 
 
 
“It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
Douglas Adams
 
 
 
 
Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it.
Jesse Owens,
track and field athlete, four-time Olympic gold medalist
February is Black History Month
 
 
 
 
“I don’t want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.”
Carrie Fisher
 
 
 
 
“Understanding and believing are not the same thing.”
Gertrude Stein
 
 
 
 
“Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.”
Michael Jordan
 
 
 
 
“A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.”
Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”
 
 
 
 
“Gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.”
James Dean
 
 
 
 
“Don’t forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.”
Shirley Temple
 
 
 
 
“People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.”
Nelson Mandela
 
 
 
 
“How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.”
Judy Blume, “Tiger Eyes”
 
 
 
 
“It is a little dark still, but there are warnings of the day and somewhere out of the darkness, a bird is singing to the Dawn.”
Excerpt from Representative American Negroes, an essay by Paul Laurence Dunbar