favorite quotes - personal statements
 

The mediocre leader tells.
The good leader explains.
The superior leader demonstrates.
The great leader inspires.

My favorite quote is...
 

A Black woman seldom does what she wants to do, but does what she has to do...as a mean of survival.

of course - - - "The World Belongs to Those Who Care Deeply, Who Dream Broadly, and Who Work Steadfastly."

good one...
 

"Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than what the science of management says is possible."

"I'm not arrogant, just knowledgable about my value.":D

"If you're not here to do business, then you have no business here."

^^^Noticed it in someone's siggy and adopted it. :)

"If Bob has a problem with everyone, then Bob is the problem."

John Maxwell, author
"Winning With People"

ETA: corrected citation

I Have Learned…

…that you can get by on charm for about 15 minutes; after that, you'd better know something.

…that resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

…that you never compare yourself to the best others can do.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

so true . . .

Not sure where my dad got this, but he always says it...

Disappointments are blessings in disguise

And I sure believe it

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give...."

"Life is just a minute only sixty seconds in it, forced upon you, can‘t refuse it. Didn‘t seek it, didn‘t choose it, but It‘s up to you to use it. You must suffer if you lose it, give an account if you abuse it, just a tiny little minute, but eternity is in it."

— Dr. Benjamin E. Mays (Benjamin Elijah Mays was born in 1894 to former slaves. Inspired by Frederick Douglas, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Booker T. Washington, Mays became a Baptist minister, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, served as Dean of the Howard University School of Religion, was an advisor to several United States presidents, served as a member and as President of the Atlanta Board of Education, and was President of Morehouse College for 27 years. In addition to his own myriad of accomplishments, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays was an inspiration and advisor to his students, including Julian Bond, Andrew Young, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who referred to Dr. Mays as his "spiritual mentor.")

Too many people are praying for mountains of difficulty to be removed,when what they really need is courage to climb them

Great day to be Me!

I used to say this everyday in high school to my classmates and when they would tell me they were having a bad day I would say look in the mirror and you will see that you are blessed! So everyday when you look in the mirror you should say great day to be me.

Favorite quotes: :) My current signature and:

Fear not, at least 95% of the things we fear never happen, Trust God for the other 5%

First say to yourself what you would be then do what you have to do-Epictetus

There is only one success to be able to spend your life in your own way

Change may be painful but not nearly as painful as failure.

Don't be a profile in timidity-Tavis Smiley

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
--John F. Kennedy, U.S. President, 1961-1963.

Scratch a liar, find a thief!!!!!!! :D :D

"When it's all said and done, what will you have said and what will you have done?"

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." -MLK Jr

"You need knowledge to understand the concept of sacrifice!"

Kool Moe Dee....


My Mom's below

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Ghandi

Not to Know is bad. Not to desire to know is worse.

The chains that bind are no longer made of iron and steel.
They are invisible, intangible.
They enslave the mind, and shackle the soul.
JYhad


it is better to be pissed off, than pissed on:D

POPISMS TO GROW WITH
if you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem - so don't be part of the problem get of your ass and do something (my pops was off the chain:D )

"listen kid you you got a couple of choices
A- you can do it my way
B - you can do it the way i said do it
C - you can do what i say
d - all the above
son make the right choice

I like this one.

"Seek truth for authority, not authority for truth"
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

He who is easly angered is unable to controll himself when it really counts.

"I am not a career woman, but what greater career could one wish than to be an inspiration to her pupils? I have accomplished no great thing but I am steadily working toward a high moral standard and refined womanhood."

Anna Easter Brown
Founder,Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.



At the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.

Che Guevara



...Black love is Black wealth

from the poem Nikki Rosa by Nikki Giovanni

The journey is twice as long when you half-step
-me

When you do what you always did, you get what you always got
-?

It is not the critic who counts. Credit goes to the man in the arena...

-Teddy Roosevelt

Don't let others have input into your value system - my mom


Sometimes you have to shut your mouth and keep going because fools will continue talking - my grandmother


You better hint and hope. You can hint to a man to do something, then hope they do it. Otherwise he is set in his ways. - my stylist at home said this because another customer said she was trying to "change" her man. I fell out my seat laughing.


I get a lot of statement from my family because they have enjoyed, lived, and struggled through life.

My Favorites
 

Never judge a book by its cover - ?

Do as I say not as I do - Mom

If I was you I'd hate me too - Lil Kim

No investigation. No right to speak. -Confucius

Nothing is as sacred as the integrity of one's own mind. -Thoreau

Potential means you ain't doing sh#$ right now! - Michelle Ventour

I found god in myself and I loved her; I loved her fiercely - Ntozake Shange'

As soon as we got our independence, we began to commit suicide
-unknown (sad but a truthful commentary on post-colonial slave mentality)

PhDiva

Never complain about what you permit ....

"..and yet I rise from crushed dreams and broken promises, armed with self love, self preservation, and self balance to achieve the impossible... learning to be ME..."

by me

A lack of planning on your part, does not constitute an emergency on mine.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!
Deal with each man or woman truthfully!

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..."

Phillipians 4:13


"Oh what webs we weave when we first try to deceive..."

Grandmother


"To whom the gods wish to destroy, they must first make them angry..."

Dad

Mine is:

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail...

Excuses, excuses
 

Excuses are the rules of the incompentent
They build mountains to nowhere
Those that delve in them seldomly amount to anything
Give no excuse...

There are variations... What's your variation?