You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.
—Alex Haley
Topics: Awareness, Realization, Being Ourselves, Acceptance
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
—Alex Haley
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
—Alex Haley
Topics: Family
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you
—Alex Haley
Topics: Reality
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
—Alex Haley
Topics: Family
The way to succeed is never quit. That’s it. But really be humble about it … You start out lowly and humble and you carefully try to learn an accretion of little things that help you get there.
—Alex Haley
Topics: Endurance, One Step at a Time, Resolve, Perseverance
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