You Really Can Change The World If

I Grew Up In A Very Religious Family And It Is The Motivating Force To Every Thing I Do. I Am Fortunate To Have Had Adults All Around Me Who Really Lived Their Faith, In Helping Other People And Doing The Best You Can Do. The World Wasn't So Wonderful Back Then, With Segregated Rule In The South. But We Were Never Hopeless And We Never Despaired Because We Had Adults Out There Struggling With Us, Being There For Us, And Buffering Us.

If You Don't Like The Way The World Is, You Change It. You Have An Obligation To Change It. You Just Do It One Step At A Time.

The Legacies That Parents And Church And Teachers Left To My Generation Of Black Children Were Priceless But Not Material: A Living Faith Reflected In Daily Service, The Discipline Of Hard Work And Stick-to-itiveness, And A Capacity To Struggle In The Face Of Adversity.

You're Not Obligated To Win. You're Obligated To Keep Trying To Do The Best You Can Every Day.

No Time Is Ever Wasted If You Have A Book Along As A Companion.