“It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.” — Lena Horne
“Sometimes, what you're looking for is already there.” — Aretha Franklin
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.” — Maya Angelou
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” — Nelson Mandela
“I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.” — Sojourner Truth
“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.” — Roberto Clemente
“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” — Coretta Scott King
"Life has two rules: number 1, never quit! Number 2, always remember rule number one.” — Duke Ellington
