#race

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#done #going #hate #i #kind

All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#action #brutal #character #grace #hard

Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#advancement #based #benefits #climate #earn

In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#cultivate #ethnicity #every #eyes #individuals

The best quality about Kobe Bryant? You want me to be honest? I don't know. I'll tell you why. I open my arms to everybody. But he never stepped forward for the embrace. So I never really got to know him. I don't know anything about him, and it's kinda sad. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#anything #arms #best #bryant #embrace

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue. ↗

— Eugene O'Neill

#broken #glue #god #grace #lives

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day. ↗

— Barack Obama

#day #every #every day #find #flawed

Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake. ↗

— Barack Obama

#along #better #better off #broadening #change

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#bill #chatter #courage #distracted #even

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe. ↗

— Charles Olson

#europe #grace #life #still #which