"I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life." ― Constance Baker Motley Topic(s): Success More From Constance Baker Motley "In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions." "I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has." "There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society." More In Success "Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there – or failing to get there."― Max Lerner "Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable."― Pat Riley "There’s that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success."― Jodi Picoult