More from Arthur Ashe
It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It’s the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe Martina’s like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she’s going to do, but there isn’t a thing you can do about it.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe
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From our community writers
Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar
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More on democracy
LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid.
Bob DylanBob Dylan All democratic societies eventually decide what is in favor of them.
Rakesh JhunjhunwalaRakesh Jhunjhunwala The money pigs of capitalist democracy: Money has made slaves of us. Money is the curse of mankind. It smothers the seed of everything great and good. Every penny is sticky with sweat and blood.
Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov The biggest thing that limits India’s growth is democracy, but it is needed. We cannot overrule it.
Rakesh JhunjhunwalaRakesh Jhunjhunwala The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.
Thurgood MarshallThurgood Marshall
