Black Women Empowered Incorporated Quotes & Sayings

My first grade nun had instructed me that from those to whom much is given, much is expected. I was learning that this lesson had to be combined with Shakespeare's wisdom that one must 'to thine own self be true.' Add to this humility, empathy, a sense of curiosity, courage, and plain old hard work, and I was finally seeing the real path to leadership. Of course, humor is always a plus. (158) — Jacqueline Novogratz

How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose. — Bill Gates

I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about. — Jack O'Brien

Stories took twists and turns down fairy-tale paths or down very human everyday ones. You think you're at the end of the book, and it's only the end of a chapter. — Deb Caletti

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in. — Benny Goodman

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches. — Patricia Highsmith

...a library is not just a reference service: it is also a place for the vulnerable. From the elderly gentleman whose only remaining human interaction is with library staff, to the isolated young mother who relishes the support and friendship that grows from a Baby Rhyme Time session, to a slow moving 30-something woman collecting her CDs, libraries are a haven in a world where community services are being ground down to nothing. I've always known libraries are vital, but now I understand that their worth cannot be measured in books alone. — Angela Clarke

Men have to recognize that women are not all the same when it comes to what can get them aroused. — Drew Pinsky

He felt as if he had been shipwrecked on the Titanic, but in the nick of time had been rescued. By the Lusitania — Terry Pratchett

Do not get angry because others question what you believe, be calm and loving, for anger is the root of a faulty belief. — Leon Brown

A stable weather is a gift, you can enjoy the pink life; a stormy weather is a gift, you can learn the real life! Both the good and the bad are gifts! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Crowds are influenced mainly by images produced by the judicious employment of words and formulas — Gustave Le Bon

I think if everyone looked the same, it would be a bit boring. — Georgia May Jagger