WordFUL Wednesday: Muhammad Ali

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

Muhammad Ali ~ statement after losing his first fight in 1973

My political career, as I like to call it, started with turning a Muhammad Ali quote into my campaign slogan. Thanks to my dad, my first race in 1996 for Class Secretary was "Float like a butterfly, Sting like a Bee, Vote Coco White for Secretary." I used that slogan all the way through High School, undefeated. Student Council instilled leadership and gave me opportunities, advantages and experiences, that I will cherish forever and will pass on to my child.

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WordFUL Wednesday: Marian Wright Edelman

The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.

Marian Wright Edelman ~ The Measure of Our Success (1992)

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WordFUL Wednesday: UNCF

"A mind is a terrible thing to waste" 

UNCF slogan 

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WordFUL Wednesday

With gratitude, all life appears as a blessing - without gratitude, all of life is perceived as a burden.

~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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WordFUL Wednesday

Whatever you are, be a good one.

~ Abraham Lincoln

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WrodFUL Wednesday

It's not how good you ARE. It's how good you WANT TO BE.

~ Paul Arden

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WordFUL Wednesday

No one is perfect - that's why pencils have erasers.

~ Author Unknown

It's the beginning of the New Year. It's hard to start all the on your 'New Year, New Me' list. Start small and add one new thing each week/month. It takes 21 days to form a habit. 

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WordFUL Wednesday

I noticed that on some blogs and blog challenges there is a post called Wordless Wednesday. Were blogger's post pictures (family photos, cute puppies, babies smiling etc.) instead of the usual post. I decided to do the opposite WordFUL Wednesday. I enjoy positive and inspirational quotes and will be sharing from now on.

So for our first of many WordFUL Wednesdays a quote from Fredrick Douglas...

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

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