Jeannette E. South-Paul

"An obstacle is what you see when you take your eyes off the goal. If you can’t see that goal, all you see are the obstacles"

"My strategy is to give them those goals, so it allows them to lift their horizon enough so they can navigate around their obstacles."

"If we only accept universal guidelines for success, and assume they apply to everyone, many people won’t even try. The path is different for every person."

"I think of how guidelines work in the human space,” she explained. “In and around those extras that enrich who we are as individuals and make us better."

"“I have worked to show what we share, as opposed to what differs between us,”And the things that unify us, rather than the things that divide us. Because if we are going to build societies that work well together, it is going to be so important.”"