You can only become accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. – Maya Angelou Accomplished At Something You Love Maya Angelou is the first in our series for Black History Month
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’ – Isaac Asimov Anti-intellectualism Is Our Fight Asimov’s quote is pulled from a January 21, 1980 piece in Newsweek magazine. A large
It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes. – Sally Field Take A Moment: A Long Time Not To Judge Myself If Needed Sally Field’s comment is a reminder that we need to see ourselves through our own eyes – not those of parents, children, fans, co-workers, or so
Sometimes it’s a little better to travel than arrive. – Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence Better to Travel As we get back to the to and fro of work life in our lives post Christmas and New Years holidays, we reflect on Pirsig’s comment that sometimes getting there is more fun
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit. – Theodore Roosevelt I Am An American Theodore Roosevelt was a prodigious scholar and fierce leader. One of his driving forces was his commitment
I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things human dignity and the common good. – Pope Francis Political Responsibility The Vicar of Christ issued the statement above on Twitter in 2014 – well before the political irresponsibility of the late twenty-teens. Pope Francis has been a critic of President Donald Trump since their
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. – Benjamin Franklin War With Your Vices The quote above was published in Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac. It is unclear if he actually said the words or simply added them to his pages,
If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. – Frederick Douglass No Struggle, No Progress. Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He escaped slavery in Maryland and became a national leader for the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. He is best known for his oratory and
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