Month: March 2023

The masses must move, but it must be the classes that move them.

—William Saunders Scarborough

I knew what I wanted to do with my life, and it was show business to its fullest potential.

—Eddie Murphy

There does not have to be powerlessness. The power is within ourselves.

—Faye Wattleton

A wise parent knows when to look for help.

—Overheard on a New York City bus

I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

—Rosa Parks

We can all get very busy in life and forget to do the basic “niceties” that we were taught. We forget basic manners like calling, writing, touching, coming to visit Mom and Dad.

—Pearl Bailey

It is impossible to raise and educate a race in the mass. All revolutions and improvements must start with individuals.

—John W. E. Bowen

Remember, I wasn’t supposed to last. I wasn’t supposed to be here ten years later, because I was just supposed to be a flash in the pan.

—Whoopi Goldberg

Becoming a world-class figure skater meant long hours of practice while sometimes tolerating painful injuries. It meant being totally exhausted sometimes, and not being able to do all the things I wanted to do when I wanted to do them.

—Debi Thomas

My grandmother and her third daughter, my mother, put on maids’ uniforms and cooked and sewed and served a family that employed my grandmother until she was nearly 80. I owe these women everything. They taught me hope and kindness and how to say thank you.

—Patricia Raybon