“Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.”
"That’s what makes best friends. It’s not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts."
- Jacqueline Woodson
Relationships
"The strength of my mother is something I didn’t pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, ‘I’m getting my kids out of here. I’m creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary.'"
- Jacqueline Woodson
Courage
"The strength of my mother is something I didn’t pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, ‘I’m getting my kids out of here. I’m creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary."
- Jacqueline Woodson
Strength
"He loved October. Had always loved it. There was something sad and beautiful about it—the ending and beginning of things."
- Jacqueline Woodson
Reflection
"He loved October. Had always loved it. There was something sad and beautiful about it — the ending and beginning of things."
- Jacqueline Woodson
Reflection
"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."
- George Lorimer
Determination
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."
- Amelia Earhart
Determination
"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."
- Melissa McCarthy
Determination
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."
- Walt Disney
Determination
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Determination