Latoya > Latoya's Quotes

“Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.”
― Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

“Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.”
― Charles J. Sykes, Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write or Add

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
― Mae West

“There comes a time in your life when you can no longer put off choosing. You have to choose one path or the other. You can live safe and be protected by people just like you, or you can stand up and be a leader for what is right. Always, remember this: People never remember the crowd; they remember the one person that had the courage to say and do what no one would do.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Justice isn’t about fixing the past; it’s about healing the past's future.”
― Jackson Burnett

“Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy.”
― John Grisham, The Street Lawyer

“I choose you, Sayer. Lover, lawyer, and all the shit you are in between that, I choose it. I choose us. when you’re ready to accept that, you come find me.”
― Jay Crownover, Built

“I am not a properly trained historian. I am a lawyer by trade, and an inquisitive, practical woman by character.”
― Liza Picard

“To be a real man or woman, you've got to know what you believe in. You've got to understand that your actions have consequences and that they are connected to everything that you are.”
― Sister Souljah

“I'm not who you think i am. If you love me, you love me for the wrong reasons.”
― Sister Souljah, Midnight