Daniel Whyte III > Quotes

“...one should not only be smart in his head, but one should also be smart in how he relates to other people.”
― Daniel Whyte III, Letters to Young Black Men: Advice and Encouragement for a Difficult Journey, 10th Anniversary Edition

“An educated woman carries herself with a humble, quiet grace, yet her presence is powerful. She does not feel as thou she needs to act masculine to exude authority and power.”
― Daniel Whyte III, Letters to Young Black Women

“An educated woman knows how to make both men and women feel at ease in her presence without losing respect.”
― Daniel Whyte III

“...the process of truly learning is laborious, monotonous, and at times down right bitter and boring. Therefore, obtaining a truly higher education will require of you a determined mind and a will to stick and stay. In short, it will take discipline. But in the end, it will be worth it all.”
― Daniel Whyte III, Letters to Young Black Men: Advice and Encouragement for a Difficult Journey, 10th Anniversary Edition

“...if a parent does not know how to love and nurture a child while he is young, especially black boys, that child will grow up out of balance mentally, therefore feeling inferior.”
― Daniel Whyte III

“I am ashamed to say this, but as a child, neither my parents not my teachers pushed me to read. In fact, I did not read an entire book through until I was a grown man and had learned the awesome power of reading on my own.”
― Daniel Whyte III

“What oftentimes draws the good church girl to the bad boy is the bad in the good church girl, which the Bible calls the flesh.”
― Daniel Whyte III

“The quality of taking responsibility does not come naturally. It has to be taught -- more by example than by anything else.”
― Daniel Whyte III, Letters to Young Black Men: Advice and Encouragement for a Difficult Journey, 10th Anniversary Edition

“I live as though Jesus Christ was crucified yesterday, arose today and is coming again tomorrow. —Martin Luther”
― Daniel Whyte III, Just Jesus: The Greatest Things Ever Said About the Greatest Man Who Ever Lived REVISED and EXPANDED