African American Quotes

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  In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

  Michael Jackson

  Inspirational, Dream, Hate

  FaceBook post by Michael Jackson from Feb 01, 2017

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  Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

  Bo Jackson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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• It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Money, Famous Inspirational, Independent

  Mahalia Jackson, Evan McLeod Wylie (1966). “Movin' on Up”, New York : Hawthorn Books

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• If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Liars, Lying, Mean

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• I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Dream, Truth, Thinking

  Twitter post from Jan 24, 2015

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• Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

  Maya Angelou

  Encouraging, Courage, Bravery

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2016

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• If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

  Marvin Gaye

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Peace

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• In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

  Alex Haley

  Inspirational, Family, Meaningful

  "Traits of a Healthy Family" by Dolores Curran, (p. 199), 1985.

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  The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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• Life is a daily cleansing. Negativity must be washed away, if you wish to attract positive experiences to your life.

  Leon Brown

  Life, Positive, Baseball

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• Don't bring negative to my door.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Positive, Attitude

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• Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Change, Leadership

  "As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.

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• Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Positive, Art

  "Conversations with Maya Angelou". Book by Jeffrey M. Elliot, 1989.

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• The truth is... everything counts. Everything. Everything we do and everything we say. Everything helps or hurts; everything adds to or takes away from someone else.

  Countee Cullen

  Hurt, Truth, Poetry

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• Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

  George Washington Carver

  Inspirational, Leadership, Hope

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  No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

  Alice Walker

  Friendship, Fake Friends, Memorable

  Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.17, Hachette UK

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• You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this.

  Leon Brown

  Life, Encouraging, Baseball

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• It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

  Whitney M. Young

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Preparation

  "Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights". TV Series, 2013.

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• Do not worry about the past or the future. This moment needs your attention, for this is where your life exists.

  Leon Brown

  Life, Baseball, Future

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• The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Children, Book

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jul 06, 2010

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• You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.

  Barack Obama

  Truth, President, Want

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Understand that you own nothing. Everything that surrounds you is temporary. Only the love in your heart will last forever.

  Leon Brown

  Love, Life, Baseball

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• I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.

  James Brown

  Dancer, Taught, Bboy

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