“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
"It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow."
- Ralph Ellison
Transformation
"When I discover who I am, I'll be free."
- Ralph Ellison
Self-awareness
"Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it."
- Ralph Ellison
Self-confidence
"America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. … Our fate is to become one and yet many."
- Ralph Ellison
Connection to Earth
"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
- Beauty and the Beast
Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."
- Tracee Ellis Ross
Courage
"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Courage
"Courage, dear heart."
- C.S. Lewis
Courage