Destony Quotes

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.

The only failure is not to try.

If you're going through hell,

keep going

Hope lies in dreams in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

It is better to take what does not belong to you

than to let it lie around neglected.

Security is mostly a superstition.

It does not exist in nature,

nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.

Being human means you will make mistakes.

And you will make mistakes,

because failure is God's way of,

moving you in another direction.

Do I contradict myself?

Very well,

then I contradict myself,

I am large,

I contain multitudes.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

Action is character.

You spend your whole lifetime in your occupation,

actually making life clever,

easy and convenient for white people.

But when you have to get transportation home,

you are denied an equal accommodation.

Our existence was for the white man's comfort and well being;

we had to accept being deprived of just being human.

Press criticism is not pleasant,

but it is necessary.

It is part of the machinery of democracy.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

After two years at UCLA,

I decided to leave.

I was convinced that no amount of education

would help a black man get a job.

We are by nature observers,

and thereby learners.

That is our permanent state.

I call not for aid from the state,

but for justice.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

We’re here to put a dent in the universe.

Otherwise why else even be here?

The world won’t care about your self esteem.

The world will expect you to accomplish

something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.