I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

If I were to say 'God why me?' about the bad things then I should have said 'God why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

If I were to say 'God why me?' about the bad things then I should have said 'God why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves our old and or young our women as well as our men.

We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves our old and or young our women as well as our men.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.