The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?
It doesn't matter where you came from, it doesn't matter how poor you are, it doesn't matter where your family was. It all doesn't matter. You can achieve anything if you have really clear goals and if you work really hard to learn what you need to learn.
The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.
Luck is predictable; the harder you work, the luckier you get.
Take a deep breath, relax and imagine yourself exactly as you wish to be.
I say you shall yet find the friend you were looking for.
That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.
I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go. '
Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up.