“I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy a strength a secret cup of gladness.”– Ossie Davis Related Quotes “When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.”— Everett Dirksen “Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.”– Rollo May “Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism… but only through the direct responsibility of the individual.”— Frank Lloyd Wright