INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM FAMOUS BLACK LEADERS

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington

“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.” – Wilma Rudolph

“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Shonda Rhimes

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life.” – Mae Jemison

“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker

“Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts—good relationships feel good.” – Oprah Winfrey

“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” – W.E.B. Du Bois

“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!” – Madam C.J. Walker

“I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was a bridge. Harriet Tubman was a bridge. Ida B. Wells was a bridge. Madame C.J. Walker was a bridge. Fannie Lou Hamer was a bridge.” – Oprah Winfrey FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD FRIENDS

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Dr. Mae Jemison

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” – Assata Shakur

“Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts — good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt.” – Oprah Winfrey

“You really can change the world if you care enough.” – Marian Wright Edelman

“It isn’t where you come from, it’s where you’re going that counts.” – Ella Fitzgerald

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” – Maya Angelou

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.” – Muhammad Ali

“Without education, you’re not going anywhere in this world.” – Malcolm X

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman

“If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” – Martin Luther King Jr.