Destony Quotes

It is to the very last degree dangerous to trust to chance.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine

and shadows will fall behind you.

Happy New Year to everyone except the person who stole my bike.

There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place,

then stand firm.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank

and file has already earned my contempt.

He has been given a large brain by mistake,

since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

You're either humble or you're not.

If you were a jerk before the fame,

you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight.

Whoever you are really comes through.

I am a woman in process.

I'm just trying like everybody else.

I try to take every conflict,

every experience,

and learn from it.

Life is never dull.

The only obligation we have is to do what we love.

Concede that the new government of Louisiana

is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl;

we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg

than by smashing it.

Setting goals is the

first step in turning

the invisible into

the visible.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

How accurately can the law fix the crime?

There has to be a mechanism for very fast action.

The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

Truth is the ultimate

power. When the truth

comes around, all the

lies have to run and hide.

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.

People have got to take responsibility for the world.

You're lazy.

Love yours.

Whatever it is,

love it.

Own it.

Don’t run from it.

Dream big,

stay positive,

work hard,

and enjoy the journey.

I will not lose,

for even in defeat,

there’s a valuable lesson learned.