Countee Cullen Quotes

I'm afraid you will have to fly holding the rock with its heavy chain.

It is one thing to make a choice and it is another thing to never have the chance.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

I have never in my life walked with a harness. The weight of the tether, makes it feel like I'm dragging an anchor behind me.

I think when you've had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you've already proven yourself. They're excited about what you're doing, you have people interested in it, and actually waiting for it. It's empowering.

Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.

an albatross around my neck.

We stood up and said that we welcome everyone, and that everyone deserves a shot to succeed.

Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle.

My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.

Nothing is stopping me from doing anything. I haven't got a golden handcuff.

Anything that immobilizes you, gets in your way, or keeps you from your goals is all yours. You can throw it away anytime you choose.

But one day, the things that make you free start to keep you down.

By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.

To define is to limit.

Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom.

Peace is restrained; this is free.

Make it on your own if you think you can.If you see somewhere to go, I understand.

What I think the mentor gets is the great satisfaction of helping somebody along, helping somebody take advantage of an opportunity that maybe he or she did not have.

My height is an advantage, if I want to use it.

Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

As long as the mind clings to belief, it is held in a prison.

The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom.

I am bigger than the box I'm in.