“Take a stand for what’s right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you’ll be part of something larger and bigger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is extremely cool.” – Samuel L. Jackson
“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”
“For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.”-Michelle Obama
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech is considered one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable moments, but his path to becoming the face and leader of the civil rights movement in the United States wasn’t always clear. In fact, it was accidental and more a matter of right place, right time.
“The triumph can’t be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that other young women have a chance to reach their dreams.”
Due to her ostracization, her undergraduate studies were isolating, and she didn’t feel particularly welcomed. Yet, despite being accepted into doctoral programs at Brown, Harvard, and the University of Chicago, she chose to continue her doctoral work at MIT. Part of her motivation for this decision was that she “wasn’t going to give people the satisfaction of getting me to walk away.”