There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.
Countee CullenFor we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.
Countee CullenAll day long and all night through, One thing only must I do: Quench my pride and cool my blood, Lest I perish in the flood.
Countee Cullen