I write about spirituality not so we get strong from within and achieve some state of nirvana and then distance ourselves from the real world. I write about it so we can feel empowered to doing the critical work that this generation of black women are charged with doing. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
We women feel we are here to serve. That’s the mistake we make. We may have children, husbands, lovers, bills, responsibility. Those things don’t own us, but too often we let them. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
We have to get up, and we have to move our bodies. We need to move! There is no way to be healthy or happy – no way – without having some kind of exercise regimen. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
Don’t identify yourself with labels and brands and have to buy every cute thing you see. Invest in the things that will grow in equity. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
When I joined ‘Essence,’ I was a young, single mother. I was 24. I hadn’t gone to college. I wasn’t making any money at ‘Essence’ – what was it, $500 a month – and I was struggling. So I was always looking down the road, always hoping for a better, you know, tomorrow. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
We don’t have time to waste. Our communities are crumbling; our children are under siege. Failing schools and a for-profit prison-industrial complex are sucking the life out of black homes and communities. We are not going down like this! Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
I don’t care how much you know, how many books you read, how you much you study and, you know, how educated you are, you’re still going to struggle. Life is challenging. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
It’s hunger. It’s homelessness, often. It’s underfunded, under-resourced schools. It’s abuse beyond the chilling. It’s having overwhelmed parents and caregivers. Those are the things that young people are struggling with beyond our view. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
We don’t have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. Susan L. Taylor Read Quote
