• There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.”
  -- Booker T. Washington
• I'm so solid as a rock they just can't stop me now
  Even when they set their traps they just can't stop me now
  People will say this and that they just can't stop me now
  Even when they set up road blocks they just can't stop me now.”
  -- Sizzla Kalonji
• Don't you know
  When one door is closed,
  Many more is open.”
  -- Robert Nesta Marley
• People mistake tradition for religion. Men are always saying, 'Women can't do that because of religion,' when in fact it is only tradition. It's important for us to study so that we will know the difference.”
  -- Enas al-Kaldi
• You are meant to succeed, and failure should feel bad to you. Life is supposed to go well for you—and when it does not— there is something wrong. But what is wrong is not something that is outside of you over which you have no control. What is wrong is within you, and you do have control. And taking control is not difficult to do once you understand the basis of who you are...”
  -- Esther & Jerry Hicks
• I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
  -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Forget your troubles and dance.
  Forget your sorrow and dance.
  Forget your sickness and dance.
  Forget your weakness and dance.”
  -- Robert Nesta Marley
• Live for yourself, you will live in vain. Live for others, you will live again.”
  -- Robert Nesta Marley
• Speak up, love the children and be proud of who you are
  Keep on concentrating on the brighter side of life
  Don't let them get you down, cause I
  I know we're gonna make it.”
  -- Damian Marley
• We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.”
  -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• I think we have to start with education. Knowledge is power. If we understand, if we are aware what is happening to our society then even inner-city kids getting exposed to education will know exactly what's happening to them, then they can break the mold.”
  -- Tanya Stephens