Quotes on Disadvantage

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.

A community that sees so clearly its own disadvantage or its own hardships also has a harder time seeing its potential: its ability to work together to change the community and change their lives.