Dubois Twoness Quotes & Sayings

One ever feels his twoness,
an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose strenth alone keeps it from being torn asunder. — W.E.B. Du Bois

An armed republic submits less easily to the rule of one of its citizens than a republic armed by foreign forces. Rome and Sparta were for many centuries well armed and free. The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom. Among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible. It is not reasonable to suppose that one who is armed will obey willingly one who is unarmed; or that any unarmed man will remain safe among armed servants. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I know how to move the people, but I know also where to stop in my own actions so that, when I strike, I shall be felt and not seen. — Toussaint Louverture

Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a "standing in," not a "falling for." In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving, not receiving. — Erich Fromm

Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before! — Robert Blair

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities. — John Ruskin

There seems a general rule that, the more obviously one's work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it. — David Graeber

An accountability partner you only contact when you are winning isn't an accountability partner, it's a cheerleader. It's — Jon Acuff

Zoe was a zombie in serious need of some brains. — Kendall Grey

There's no such thing as good ideas and bad ideas. There are only your own ideas and other people's. If you want someone to like your idea, tell him he said it first last week and you just remembered it. — Scott Adams

In his book The Soul of Black Folks, W.E.B. DuBois writes about always feeling his twoness
an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; to warring ideals in one dark body. — Ron Suskind

Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all ... — Muhammad Ali

Behind every one of Michael Jordan's heart stopping buzzer beating spine scintillating game winning shots, lie the corpses of a thousand missed childhood driveway shots. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Women love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unflattering truth. — Gertrude Atherton

Democrats are dumb and Republicans are stupid, but the difference between dumb and stupid is dumb isn't funny. Dumb is when you say something and the whole room goes, 'What did he say?' — Lewis Black

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those. — Brooks Robinson