Joy Bryant Quotes About Grandmothers

Quotes about: Grandmothers

• My grandmother instilled in me two important lessons: I was just as good as anyone else, and education was my salvation. Fortunately, I was able to get scholarships to excellent schools, but I was one of the lucky ones. All of this is what draws me to anti-poverty organizations like Oxfam.

  Joy Bryant

  School, Grandmother, Organization

• I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I was painfully aware of what it was like to live with limited resources and a certain level of uncertainty.

  Joy Bryant

  Grandmother, Limited Resources, Levels

  "Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 17, 2015.

• Failure isn't really an option because, as my grandmother used to say, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."

  Joy Bryant

  Grandmother, Trying, Used

  "Actress + Oxfam Ambassador Joy Bryant". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 17, 2015.

• With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.

  Joy Bryant

  Grandmother, Green, Buying

  "Waste Not, Want Not". www.elle.com. June 21, 2011.

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