Kristen Broady

“I have standards I don't plan on lowering for anybody…including myself”.—Zendaya

“And I think I’m most grateful for time, which doesn’t always heal all wounds, but teaches us how to be happy again even with our scars.” - Kennedy Ryan

“The ability to say no to yourself is a gift. If you can resist your urges, change your habits, and say yes to only what you deem truly meaningful, you’ll be practicing healthy self-boundaries. It’s your responsibility to care for yourself without excuses.”
-Nedra Glover Tawwab

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.”— Arthur Robert Ashe Jr.

Colin Powell said:
“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”
-Audre Lorde

“Dreams are lovely, but they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change." — Shonda Rhimes

“Accept and acknowledge your own brilliance. Stop waiting for others to tell you how great you are! Believe it for yourself and about yourself.” — Iyanla Vanzant

“You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can’t go wrong. The world is behind you.” – Josephine Baker

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does -- that makes you a winner right there.”
- Venus Williams

That’s a nice feeling. I wish I had time for a dog.

“One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.”
- Franklin Thomas

“When you control a man’s thinking, you do not have to worry about his actions.”
— Dr. Carter G. Woodson

“Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
— Ella Fitzgerald

"Are you going to let someone else's view of who you should be, and what you should do, hold you back?" — Charmaine Wilkerson

“Never give up. Never give in. Never become hostile... Hate is too big a burden to bear.”
-John Lewis

“History has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own." – Michelle Obama

Yesterday, during a panel on career opportunities in quantitative social science at the PREDOC Conference, I told the students about the importance of networking and mentorship and how much people like @davidmwessel.bsky.social have positively influenced my career.

Rest in peace Malcolm-Jamal Warner.