“I can not condemn you for what you did yesterday, if you do it right today.”

^{Sheldon S. Maye}

“Instructions: Point your finger straight up above your head and spin it in a clock-wise direction.

While spinning, lower your finger and look down at it.  Which direction is it now spinning?

Lesson: To change the world, you must first start with changing your perspective on the world."

^{Sheldon S. Maye}

“Don’t slip into evil.  Focus on one thing at a time and let it be positive.”

^{Sheldon S. Maye}

“The only way a person can change is if they want to change.  You can't change a person.”

^{Carolyn Maye – Mother of Sheldon S. Maye}

"Life often becomes overwhelming in our pursuit for definition and meaning...However, these are the best times to be thankful that you are overwhelmed by such positive things as family, work, school, bills, relationships and other ultimately productive things. It is a lot better than being overwhelmed by war, famine, disease, slavery, destruction, rape and hunger...I invite you to embrace the challenge of life...smile at it...give it a hug & a kiss...talk to it and use the challenge itself to beat it.  This my friends is life...never let it control you...hold your head high, square your shoulders & walk into the storm!"

^{Diallo Sumbry}

“Black kids are raised to be starts, to be individuals.  They don’t learn to work together.”

^{Jamie Foxx – Any Given Sunday}

“Whether you are a doctor, lawyer, rapper, singer, artist, factory worker, or drug dealer… no matter what you do after school it is going to be work.  It is just up to you whether you want the next four years to be harder, or the rest of your life!”

^{Mr. Ligarski - My 11th Grade CPS Teacher}

“A smile is the most effective medicine.”

^{Fortune Cookie}

"Never bend your head.  Hold it high.  Look the world straight in the eye."

^{Helen Keller - Author, Activist, Teacher}

“No one gets the upper hand in love.”

^{Dejanaba Lewis – Duke University c/o 2003}

“It’s nice to have everything you want, but in reality that is an unattainable goal.”

^{Economics Book, 2000}

“The more ideas you have, the more wastebasket space you need.”

^{Office Max Commercial}

“The black artist in the American society who creates without interjecting a note of anger is creating not as a black man, but as an American.  For anger in black art is as old as the first utterances by black men on American soil.”

^{Addison Gayle, Jr. - Author, Teacher}

“If we are inferior, then there is no need for discrimination.”

^Unknown

“You’re not what people call you but you are what you answer to.”     

^{Andre DeBerry - Activist}

“Even though you may not be responsible for what happens to you, you are responsible for how you react to what happens to you – it’s just a matter of how you control your attitude.”

^Unknown

"What I see day to day, brings tears to my eyes.

And how I (tell it to the public) brings ears to my cries." 

^{DMX - Rapper}

“Love is a sensation; caused by a temptation; to feel penetration; a guy sticks his location in a girl's destination; to increase the population; for the next generation; did you get my explanation; or do you need a demonstration?”

^Unknown

“The definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior over and over again, expecting different results.”

^{Cast - 28 Days}

“What are we going to do now?”

“Well, that’s the beauty of it...whatever we want.”

^{Cast – Sweet November}

"People teach what they most need to learn themselves."

^{Ken Blanchard - "High Five"}

"All Americans except the very poor think of themselves as middle class."

^{Temma Kaplan - "Crazy for Democracy"}

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

^{Dr. Spencer Johnson – “Who Moved My Cheese?”}

“Guys go to the club to meet girls, and girls just go to have fun!”

^{Serena Wright – George Mason Student}

“Someday, we’ll all be dirty old men…I Can’t wait!”

^{Miller Light Advertisement}

"If you're rich when you're 28, you're bored by the time you're 35."

^{Unknown Train Passenger}

"If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans!"

^{Bernard Gassaway - "Reflections of an Urban High School Principal"}

"You send your child to the schoolmaster, but 'its the schoolboys who educate him."

^{Ralph Waldo Emerson}

"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing."

^{Store Front Advertisement}