Pary Quotes

Perseverance is not a long race;

it is many short races one after the other

Walter Elliot

I had the courage to walk into a school when no one would.

A goal is a dream with a deadline

If it is certain that whatever

we give will come back to us,

then why not give only blessings

Live out of your imagination,

not your history.

No change of circumstances

can repair a defect of character.

Remember that sometimes not getting

what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Grief can take care if itself,

but to get the full value of a joy

you must have somebody to divide it with.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute accepts people of any race.

We don't discriminate against anyone.

We teach people to reach their highest potential.

I set examples by the way I lead my life.

The meeting of two personalities is like

the contact of two chemical substances:

if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Keep love in your heart.

A life without it is like a sunless garden.

Progress is impossible without change,

and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at

the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

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.

You may not follow with the things that we do,

but you can at least give us a smile.

Economic depression cannot be cured by

legislative action or executive pronouncement.

I don’t believe in luck;

I believe in preparation.

It’s not about the trophy;

it’s about the training.

Dream in a pragmatic way.