QUOTES ABOUT INSPIRATION FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” – Angela Davis

“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 while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington

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

“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.

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

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

“I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was an activist. Harriet Tubman was a conductor. Rosa Parks was a sitter. I am where I am because of that.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Have a vision. Be demanding.” – Colin Powell

“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

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lorde

“I am my best work – a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.” – Audre Lorde

“I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said – it’s about equality and freedom. It’s based on a dream. And I’m here to represent that.” – Muhammad Ali

“Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.” – Naomi Williams

“It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.” – Nelson Mandela

“Walk tall, or baby, don’t walk at all.” – Dorothy Dandridge SELF ENTITLED QUOTES

“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” – Eldridge Cleaver

“Just because you don’t see the value in someone else’s journey doesn’t mean that it isn’t valuable.” – Brandi Riley

“I am the only me. I am the best me. I have value, I have worth. I have things to do, talents to share, and love to offer.” – Tracy E. Hopkins

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

“If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.” – Toni Morrison

“Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.” – Belva Davis

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

“Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.” – Dorothy Height

“The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” – J.P. Morgan

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall

“Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.” – Janelle Monáe

“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