Tim McLean

“It’s an unspoken but powerful interaction. If a speaker lets down his guard, so does the audience. If a speaker stays distant and safe, the audience will too.”
― Chris J. Anderson, TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

“It’s like I’m trying to climb a mountain, but I’ve got one fool trying to shove me down so I won’t be on his level, and another fool tugging at my leg, trying to pull me to the ground he refuses to leave. Jared and Trey are only two people, but after today, I know that when I head to Yale next fall (because I AM going there), I’m gonna be paranoid about people looking at me and wondering if I’m qualified to be there. How do I work against this, Martin? Getting real with you, I feel a little defeated. Knowing there are people who don’t want me to succeed is depressing. Especially coming from two directions. I’m working hard to choose the moral high road like you would, but it’ll take more than that, won’t it? Where’d you get the courage to keep climbing in the face of stuff like this? Because I know you got it from both sides.”
― Nic Stone, Dear Martin

“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey

“As the noted author and intellectual W .E. B. Du Bois says, we’ve given all of our economic power away. “When you owe another, your freedom is impaired,” Du Bois counseled. “Your ability to decide your destiny is tainted by the amount you owe.”
― Dennis Kimbro, The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires