So Often We Think We Have Got

If Parents Snicker At Racial And Gender Jokes, Another Generation Will Pass On The Poison Adults Still Have Not Had The Courage To Snuff Out.

The Outside World Told Black Kids When I Was Growing Up That We Weren't Worth Anything. But Our Parents Said It Wasn't So, And Our Churches And Our Schoolteachers Said It Wasn't So. They Believed In Us, And We, Therefore, Believed In Ourselves.

The Legacies That Parents And Church And Teachers Left To My Generation Of Black Children Were Priceless But Not Material: A Living Faith Reflected In Daily Service, The Discipline Of Hard Work And Stick-to-itiveness, And A Capacity To Struggle In The Face Of Adversity.

Failure Is Just Another Way To Learn How To Do Something Right.

Hope Is The Best Contraceptive.