Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston S. Churchill

thenewprint:

‘I can’t control what people think. I’m not trying to manipulate people’s thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It’s machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.’ - Mos Def

(via jaszyy-june-alexandrite)

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterward, when you’ve worked on your own corner.

Aldous Huxley (via reneemcphee)

jamaican woulda seh…….hol’ yuh corna………….:)

(Source: sirmitchell, via fyahblaze)

Don’t explain. People only hear what they want to hear.

Paulo Coelho

(via diveinme)

(Source: kari-shma, via amodernmanifesto)

There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.” -Booker T. Washington

nilevalleystudies:

The Sutens of Kemet
Old Kingdom

nilevalleystudies:

The Sutens of Kemet

Old Kingdom

(via fyeahblackhistory)

You can’t win on the Stupid side. You can only win on the side of Supreme Wisdom.” - The Minister

religiousragings:

stop trying to deny me the rights that all people deserve.

religiousragings:

stop trying to deny me the rights that all people deserve.

(via changeistheessenceoflife)

Cussing doesn’t come from a lack of vocabulary – I know all the other words. None of them speak the same language that my fucking heart does.

Anis Mojgani (via swansea)

(Source: wecrythestars, via changeistheessenceoflife)

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

(via islamicreflections)

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