Kwanzaa Quotes - Page 2

• Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Men, Nails, Purpose And Direction

  Walter Savage Landor (2016). “Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Walter Savage Landor (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

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• A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

  Richard Whately

  Selfish, Helping Others, Men

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• I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.

  Ralph Abernathy

  Future, African American, May

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• Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

  John Donne

  Teamwork, Men, Grieving

  Devotions upon Emergent Occasions no. 17 (1624)

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• You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.

  Faith Baldwin

  Brother, Heart, Diversity

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• We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

  Maya Angelou

  Color, Common Threads, Diversity

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• Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society,
  each of us needs to understand himself and understand others,
  take care of others and be taken care of himself.

  Haniel Long

  Taken, Community, Understanding

  Haniel Long (1950). “A letter to St. Augustine: after re-reading his confessions”

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• Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

  Alexander the Great

  Leadership, Teamwork, Motivational Sports

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• Many hands make light work.

  John Heywood

  Change, Teamwork, Hands

  John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.221

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Character, Architect, Fortune

  Ludwig Von Mises (1969). “Bureaucracy”, ICON Group International

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• Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Faith, Spiritual, Fog

  Corrie Ten Boom, Pam Rosewell Moore (2004). “Life Lessons from Corrie Ten Boom”

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• Brad got me this great thing for Christmas. It's a bookshelf that has a book on every religion. That's how we plan to raise our kids. Teach them about all religions. They can pick one or be a student of all of them. We'll celebrate Kwanzaa for our girl. We'll celebrate moon and water festivals for our boys. We'll take them to temples in certain countries. Also to church.

  Angelina Jolie

  Girl, Country, Book

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• My white girl Veronica, black girl Monica,
  Got me celebrating Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa-kah,
  Rocking dashikis with a yarmulke.

  Big Sean

  Girl, Rap, White

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• Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

  Seneca the Younger

  Success, Powerful, Military

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

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• Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Class, Community, Soul

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.2527, e-artnow

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• No man is free who is not master of himself.

  Epictetus

  Motivational, Self Esteem, Philosophical

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.125, Lulu.com

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• Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

  Robert Collyer

  Faith, Harmony, Discord

  Robert Collyer (1867). “Nature and Life: Sermons”, p.4

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• So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

  Bahá'u'lláh

  Teamwork, Powerful, Light

  "Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh edited and translated by Shoghi Effendi (pp. 287-289), 1935.

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• A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  "Mansfield News Journal" Newspaper, August 3, 1965.

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• I was very disappointed, very disappointed when President [George W.] Bush proclaimed Kwanzaa as a national holiday. Prior to that, Bill Clinton did the same thing.

  Tucker Carlson

  Holiday, President, Bills

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Country, Men, Civilization

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• I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

  George Bernard Shaw

  True Joy, Privilege And Responsibility, Justice

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