Breaking Down Barriers Quotes

“Greatness is not measured by the walls we build but by the bridges.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Shifting perspective(s) and being proactive are essential to your our life paths, progress and possibilities: "Just because a door appears closed it does not mean that it is locked - nor that it will not open with the right heart, call or touch”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Then why did you come here?" Andrew asked. "Because I'm tired," Neil said, trying to sound defeated. It didn't take much effort. "I have nowhere else to go, and I'm too jealous of Kevin to stay away from him. He knows what it's like to hate every day of his life, to wake up afraid every day, but he's got you at his back telling him everything's going to be okay. He has everything, even when he's lost everything, and I'm—" Neil didn't want to say it, but the word was already there, broken and pathetic between them, "—nothing. I'll always have and be nothing.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Foxhole Court

“Once you master breaking down the mental wall of running, there are no limits. When you both see and believe that you can run further, run faster, you can.”
― Rob Steger, Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack

“I need to see more males wearing dresses, tights, stomach-outs, short pants, etc. Break the systematic masculinity …a piece by piece, boys. Not to fear, Africans have always lived like this.”
― Mitta Xinindlu