Quotes for August 31st

Quotes in Colors
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read

[August 31, 2018] Here are five quotable quotes on CC0 images from five of today’s birthday celebrants.

“I am not the state of my feet. I am not the dirt on my hands or the hygiene of my private parts. If I were these things, I would not have been at liberty to pray at any time. But I did pray, because I am not these things. In the end, I am not even myself.” — Gwendolyn Willow Wilson

“We can spend our lives letting others dictate our narrative, and cast ourselves as victims. Or we can realize the truth that we are the creators of our own story.” — Rania Al-Abdullah, Queen of Jordan

“Now that the facts are out there, what can we do? Not much. Not now.” — Gary Stephen Webb

“In the midst of the foulest decay and putrid savagery, a tiny spark hidden somewhere inside you speaks to you of beauty, of human warmth and kindness, of goodness, of greatness, of heroism, of martyrdom, and it speaks to you of love.” — Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

“To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.” — Raymond Henry Williams

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After 2 months, a drastic change has to be made. Read more at: Patreon.com/quotesincolors. Hoping to again create your daily quotes in CC0 images.

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