Browsing all posts in October, 2008.

Another Favorite Garvey Quote

God and nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.

Weekend Update 10/19/08

As anticipated, last weekend was crazy. I still got to play soccer (we lost our game) but barely made the deadline for handing in my legal memo. This weekend was a little less crazy. Friday night I went to a Chicago-wide Black Law Students Association (BLSA) bowling event. I had the opportunity to meet future [...]

Favorite Quotes

Over the years, I’ve amassed a large collection of quotes. These quotes from great orators such as Dubois, Garvey, Malcolm X, and MLK, JFK, have helped me through many situations. When my confidence dipped, I remembered Marcus Garvey saying “without confidence in self, you are twicw defeated in the race of life.” I will attempt [...]

Weekend Update- 10/5/2008

This has been a very interesting and eventful week. The workload seems to be increasing with every passing day, and my free time is quickly diminishing. Went to Church with a friend on Sunday… very interesting sermon on giving to others. We were encouraged to help people in whatever way possible, and expect nothing in [...]