Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, "It can't be done.

Rejected by mankind, the condemned do not go so far as to reject it in turn. Their faith in history remains unshaken, and one may well wonder why. They do not despair. The proof: they persist in surviving not only to survive, but to testify.The victims elect to become witnesses.

We all have within us the ability to move from struggle to grace.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

As African American, gay drag queens, we live with more adversity and challenges.

The reality is we live in a world that's filled with stuff, but quitting is not an option.

I think that I learned something about how even tragedy can be a means of grace that I might never have come to any other way.

You've been a good steward of it. You've been a good steward of your pain.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Learning comes from books; penetration of a mystery from suffering.