#yours

You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#begun #black #gifted #just #must

People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at what you do and how long you've done it. And what is success in your eyes? Have you separated yourself from everyone else in that craft? Or have you settled amongst the pack? ↗

— Randy Johnson

#be kind #craft #curious #done #else

If you do things well one at a time, you end up in a really good place. Don't get ahead of yourself. Control the things you can. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#control #end #get #good #good place

I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#because #bring #i #influenced #like

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#love #never #out #pour #rules

There's no need to overwhelm yourself with thoughts, because you know that you're just as good or better than some of the players you're going up against. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#because #better #going #good #just

One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#know #least #listening #somebody #talking

I think that no matter how much you don't like yourself or the drama of your life you can still find some comedy in it. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#drama #find #how #i #i think

Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#speak #yourself

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. ↗