Victorious warriors win first and then go to war,
while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war,
while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913.
I was allowed to read.
My mother, who was a teacher,
taught me when I was a very young child.
The first school I attended was a small building
that went from first to sixth grade.
There was one teacher for all of the students.
There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.
Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine,
should any ever do so,
it is my intention to do all in my power to
make her happy and contented;
and there is nothing I can imagine that would
make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can
the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired,
and success achieved.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended;
yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die At any time.
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty.
The young are slaves to dreams;
the old servants of regrets.
Only the middle
aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.