Black Women Quotes

• It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

  Alice Walker

  Women, Famous Inspirational, Flower

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• As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

  Maya Angelou

  Lonely, Loneliness, Book

  Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.393, Modern Library

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• If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.

  Malcolm X

  Country, Baby, Children

  "Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements". Book by Malcolm X edited by George Breitman, 1965.

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• The Black woman is the most unprotected, unloved woman on earth...she is the only flower on earth...that grows unwatered.

  Kola Boof

  Flower, Black, Earth

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• You just have to be strong if you're a black woman.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Strong, Black, Ifs

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white women. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.

  Halle Berry

  White, People, Community

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Moving On, Sad

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• If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

  Audre Lorde

  Inspiring, Being Yourself, People

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• The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.

  Malcolm X

  America, Black, Neglected

  Malcolm X's speech in Los Angeles, amara.org. May 5, 1962.

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• Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

  Mary McLeod Bethune

  Life, Women, Acceptance

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• Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Moving On

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.58, Random House

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  You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.

  Josephine Baker

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

  "Hollywood Who's Who Marched With King in '63" by Carl M. Cannon, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 29, 2013.

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• I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Fire, Race, Black

  "Darkwater: The Givens Collection".

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• When black women stick together, we are the most powerful force in the universe.

  Alfre Woodard

  Powerful, Black, Together

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• This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 17, 2010

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• What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

  Lucille Clifton

  Attitude, African American, Perception

  "Fooling with Words (Part One)". billmoyers.com. May 28, 1999.

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• Don't let anything stop you. There will be times when you'll be disappointed, but you can't stop. Make yourself the best that you can make out of what you are. The very best.

  Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

  Motivational, Moving On, Success

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• I guarantee that the seed you plant in love, not matter how small, will grow into a mighty tree of refuge. We all want a future for ourselves and we must now care enough to create, nurture and secure a future for our children.”

  Afeni Shakur

  Love, Inspirational, Children

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• Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

  Tyra Banks

  White, Black, Body

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• There ain't nothin' like a Black woman.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rapper, Black

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• We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.psychologytoday.com. February 17, 2009.

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  My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2015

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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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• In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Beauty

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou”, p.9, Hachette UK

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• Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Heart

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 17, 2015

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