To do so no more is the truest repentance.
I got my start by giving myself a start.
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.
I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations. . . . I have built my own factory on my own ground.
I am not merely satisfied in making money for myself, for I am endeavoring to provide employment for hundreds of women of my race. . . . I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!
I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about others.
I've had singing lessons and plan to show off.
We have used up all our inherited freedom, like the young bird the albumen in the egg. It is not an era of repose. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.
There have been major disagreements within the European Union.
Our avian brothers are back to roost on the first leg of their annual sojourn south. Why them and not us? Maybe it's because we humans are meant to be rooted in one spot.