Excellence is the antidote to racism, sexism and nepotism. The harder you work, the luckier you become. What is luck? Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.
speech graduation perseverance
Yvonne Thornton
Tuskegee University Commencement 2003, 2003
If you are educated, if you are a doctor with those stethoscopes hanging around your neck, people may not want to come to see you, but they will have to come to see you because you have a skill and knowledge.
speech graduation education
Yvonne Thornton
Tuskegee University Commencement 2003, 2003
Never give up, never, never give up! Because the only person that can stop you is — YOU!
speech graduation perseverance
Yvonne Thornton
Tuskegee University Commencement 2003, 2003