Perseverance is my motto!

I am not someone who is loved. I’m an idea. A state of mind.

Yet we’re linked, you and I. Like comedy and tragedy. Two sides, same coin.

Now, I see the funny side. Now I’m always smiling.

You see, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.

This city deserves a better class of criminal. And I’m gonna give it to them.

I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman.

If you have to explain a joke, there is no joke!

When you bring me out, can you introduce me as Joker?

It’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message. Everything burns!

To them, you’re just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don’t, they’ll cast you out, like a leper!

When they treat you like a joke, leave them like it’s funny.

What doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger!

Not clown — Joker.

Give, even if you only have a little.

A child’s shoulders were not built to bear the weight of their parent’s choices.

Put your child’s likes before your selfishness.

Prioritize your child’s happiness over yours. Let them choose their path instead of forcing your dreams on them.

Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.

There are no illegitimate children – only illegitimate parents.

There’s really no point in having children if you’re not going to be home enough to father them.

Selfish parents may someday realize what damage they have done that can never be undone.

Today’s troubled homes are made by parents who want to have children but don’t want their children to have parents.

Narcissist parents don’t care about their children’s feelings at all. Only their feelings matter.

Being a selfish parent is the biggest crime you can do to your child.

Being a selfish parent is a sign of not having learned from experience.

Smile, things are working out. You may not see it now, but just know God is directing you to a much greater happiness.

Instead of letting your hardships and failures discourage or exhaust you, let them inspire you.

Spread love to the world, and let it shine!

Spread love like butter on toast; Like honey on a muffin; Like sunshine on a rainy day.

‘Livin’ the Life’ is about celebrating life and spreading love and kindness around the world.

The purpose of life is to be happy and then spread the fragrance of happiness to enhance the beauty of life.

Plant love, let it sprout.

Spread love wherever you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart.

Our scars are the brightest parts of us.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.

To love one another just may be the fight of our lives.

Please.
Do not ask us who we are.
The hardest part of grief
Is giving it a name.

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

Don’t forget your history nor your destiny.

Only people who are not happy with themselves are mean to others. Remember that.

People push you to your limits, but when you finally explode and fight back, you are the mean one.

A pretty face is nothing if you have an ugly heart.

Always ignore hateful attitude and rude behavior of the people. They are powerless without your response.

It’s a lot easier to be mean than to be nice. So mean people, on top of being jerks, are also lazy and uninventive.

The meanest people are the ones who don’t realize just how mean they are.

For each new morning let there be flow of love. Let there be light of happiness in every direction.

Let negative people live their negative lives with their negative minds.

I will not allow anyone to walk in my mind with dirty feet.

Humans are more venomous than snakes.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

You have to make room for the things that God has in store. Be patient as you grow through the process. Trust Him.

Jealous persons are always in search of imaginary slights, which they magnify into crimes.

Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

I got my own back.

I’m not a writer who teaches. I’m a teacher who writes.

What you want exists. Don’t settle until you get it.

What’s really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.

Bravery knows no age or gender.

If you can drink from the fountain, why then, should you request for a drink of water from the cup?

Don’t let them fool ya, or even try to school ya.

The most beautiful things are not perfect, they are special.

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.

Rise up this mornin’, smile with the risin’ sun.

Reggae music is the purest music.

The day you stop racing is the day you win the race.

Rastafari not a culture, it’s a reality.

Man is a universe within himself.

Money can’t buy life.

I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

Always remember that
What happened to us
Happened through us.

Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.

I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.

Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.

I was writing since I can remember – I just didn’t know it was poetry yet, or that writing could be a career.

Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.

The great responsibility I feel is to get people to put that power and that hope in themselves.

We might not be fully sure of all that we are. & yet we have endured all that we were.

Change is made of choices, & choices are made of character.

In this truth, in this faith, we trust.
For while we have our eyes on the future,
History has its eyes on us.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but it’s everything in between that makes it all worth living.

Hair is power. You can’t imagine what it is like to lose it.

People are ugly not in their face but in their thoughts.

Love’s language is imprecise, fits more like mittens than gloves.

I am not ashamed of my past; I am not ashamed of my humble beginnings.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Never settle for being a character in someone else’s story when you are meant to be the author of your own.

Life is meant to be lived.

I never lose. I either win or learn.

Don’t settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God created you to be.

Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!

When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.

Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.

My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.

I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.

Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.

We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

None of our kids come into the world knowing anything about disliking one another.

You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin.

I like to share my story with children, and they are amazed by the story.

Never settle for less, and always do your best, until your final breath.

If life gives you lemons, don’t settle for simply making lemonade – make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.

Never settle for anything less than extraordinary.

Rule number 1: never be someone’s number 2.

Don’t settle for good when you were destined to be great.

Each of us is a masterpiece of God’s creation.