Lauryn Hill

I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth, who won’t accept deception instead of what is truth.

That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub ‘Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you’. She says, ‘Toughen up, this is reality we are living in’.

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.

Wake up, you’ve been sleeping. Take up your bed and walk. Stop blaming other people. Oh, it’s nobody else’s fault.

Let’s love ourselves then we can’t fail to make a better situation tomorrow. Our seeds will grow, all we need is dedication.

I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.

This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think of me. It works beautifully as long as I think the same things as he does.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

God is better served in resisting a Temptation to Evil, than in many formal Prayers.

To be a man’s own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody’s.