When I dare to be powerful, ...

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
 Audre Lorde

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

Quotes from the same author

Perhaps...I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself--a Black woman warrior poet doing my work--come to ask you, are you doing yours?
 Audre Lorde
I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
 Audre Lorde
I am a Black Lesbian Feminist Warrior Poet Mother, stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
 Audre Lorde
I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community.
 Audre Lorde
I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers
 Audre Lorde