Words of the Week

So I watched a bit of Tavis Smiley's State of Black America on Saturday. I tried to soak up some of the wisdom.

Sunday - "There but for the Grace of God, go I."
-Proverb relayed by Tavis Smiley

Monday - "Joy has to do with the quality of service to others."
-Cornel West

Tuesday- "The people are the central determinate of history."
-Lerone Bennett

Wednesday- "The hardest job of a black preacher is to preach the funeral of an unproductive negro...we're supposed to get up and hallucinate a life for you, you ain't ever lived."
-Al Sharpton

Thursday- "Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, betray it or fulfill it."
-Franz Fanon relayed by Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr.

Friday- "Personality led organizations die with the personality. Process led organizations survive."
-Bruce Gordon

Saturday- "The eyes of the future are looking back at us, and praying that we look beyond our own issues."
-Unknown