HOWA.RD

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.

- Lorraine Hansberry

There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

- Pearl Bailey

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

- Benjamin Franklin

We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

- Mary McLeod Bethune

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce

- Mark Twain

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me

- Alice Walker

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

- Mark Twain

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love

- Stevie Wonder

I didn’t have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

- Al Green

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It’s not enough, but it helps.

- Dick Gregory

You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.

- Samuel Beckett

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’m about to, ‘cause that’s what I was born to do

- Kris Kross

Life doesn’t give you all the practice races you need. One chance is all you need.

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Jesse Owens

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection

- Billy Joel