Be assertive, in speech and in conduct.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Believe is confident hope. Hope is faith. Faith is timeless possibility. Possibility is spiritual. Spiritual is divine

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Breaking through the glass ceiling is only possible if you are stronger than glass.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Embrace life with hope than despair.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Embrace the possibility of a fulfilled dream.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

God’s grace is strong enough to hold me steady through every difficulty.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I am confident of God’s faithfulness.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its purpose: to create the conditions whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be brought to the starting line of a race many were unaware was even being run.

— Sonia Sotomayor

I have only dwelt in my thoughts.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there. Page 188

— Sonia Sotomayor