Memorable Black Mama Quotes

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"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
Maya Angelou
"The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change."
Maya Angelou
"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."
Maya Angelou
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated."
Maya Angelou
"There's a world of difference between being a black woman and being a black woman and an artist."
Ntozake Shange
"I found God in myself, and I loved her, I loved her fiercely."
Ntozake Shange
"I am my best work – a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines."
Arlan Hamilton
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"You cannot deny that a change is coming."
Alice Walker
"I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am the soul that lives within."
India.Arie
"I stand with the black woman. She is the most powerful creature in the world."
Oprah Winfrey
"It's not about being the best. It's about being better than you were yesterday."
Angela Bassett
"We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead."
Beyoncé
"You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed."
LeBron James
"Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible."
Oprah Winfrey
"I want to be a queen, and I want to raise a queen."
Michelle Obama
"I want to express my gratitude to all that have helped me along the way, and I want to give back to my community."
Alicia Keys
"I learned that you should feel when you feel, and how to feel it."
Beyoncé
"I'm proud of what I've done and what I've accomplished as a black woman."
Angela Davis
"It's time for us to turn to our community and create safe spaces for black women."
Tarana Burke
"In our society, let alone in our court systems, it is still hard for us to claim our humanity."
Michelle Alexander
"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen."
Paulo Coelho
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"We are powerful because we have survived."
Toni Morrison
"Speaking my truth is not about being drama, but about being real."
Ava DuVernay
"As long as one person stands up and says 'wait, this is wrong', it encourages another person to stand up and say 'wait, this is wrong'."
Virginia Woolf
"There is no such thing as an instant parent. It takes a village and a lot of hard work to raise children."
Michelle Obama
"I’m proud to be a black woman because I am a queen, and I deserve to be treated as such."
Beyoncé
"You can’t be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe in."
Oprah Winfrey
"I will always find a way to push through the struggle and come out the other side stronger."
Kamala Harris
"Be heard, be seen, be proud. You are a part of history."
Michelle Obama
"We must never forget that Black History is American History."
Julianne Malveaux
"The struggle for justice doesn’t end. It is a journey, not a destination."
Angela Davis
"As a mother, I can’t imagine a world where my child doesn’t feel safe or valued."
Michelle Obama
"There is power in the collective. When we come together, we create change."
Tarana Burke
"Every mother's dream is for her children to achieve what she couldn’t."
Ava DuVernay
"We must raise our voices in honor of those who are marginalized."
Angela Davis
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"In every child, there is a dream for a better tomorrow."
Sonia Sotomayor
"Black women are the backbone of our society."
Rihanna
"Parenting is an act of resistance in a world that often seeks to undermine our humanity."
Tamika Mallory
"When we invest in our children, we are investing in our future."
Kamala Harris
"Motherhood is the ultimate experience of selflessness."
Michelle Obama
"My mission is to inspire hope and provide support to mothers everywhere."
Nia Long
"No matter the barriers, a mother’s love knows no bounds."
Michelle Obama
"Being a Black parent means teaching our children to be proud and resilient in a world that can be cruel."
Janelle Monáe
"To be a mother is to watch your children grow, and to inspire them to dream without limits."
Misty Copeland
"A strong mother knows that her love can change the world."
Michelle Obama
"Never underestimate the power of a mother’s heart."
Oprah Winfrey
"Equality for our children starts at home, in their hearts, and in their minds."
Kamala Harris
"It's about honoring the legacy of women who have sacrificed so much."
Viola Davis
"We are the architects of our own future, and it begins with our children."
Ava DuVernay
"Raise your voices; we are unstoppable together."
Tarana Burke
"Black motherhood is a beacon of strength and hope."
Kerry Washington
"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."
Cardinal Mermillod
"The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."
James E. Faust
"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers."
Rudyard Kipling
"There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one."
Jill Churchill
"My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was."
Lisa Leslie
"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever."
Unknown
"A mother understands what a child does not say."
Jewish Proverb
"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power."
Maya Angelou
"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
John Wooden
"Mothers are like glue. Even when you can't see them, they're still holding the family together."
Susan Gale
"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."
Debasish Mridha
"There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation."
Pamela S. Nadav
"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."
Victor Hugo
"To be a mother is to watch your heart walk around outside your body."
Elizabeth Stone
"Every day, I see a mother’s love in all its forms—hard, nurturing, strong, and vulnerable."
Jasmine Warga
"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there."
Robert Browning
"A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary."
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."
Honoré de Balzac
"A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking."
Helen Rice
"Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws."
Barbara Kingsolver
"There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one."
Jill Churchill
"My mom is my best friend and my greatest role model. She’s taught me how to love and to be myself."
Ariana Grande
"Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed."
Linda Wooten
"Mothers are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there."
Unknown
"A mother's love is more than a feeling—it's our greatest resource and the source of our greatest strength."
Oprah Winfrey
"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."
Michelle Obama
"I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, and projects."
Ava DuVernay
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can control your attitude toward them."
Brian Tracy
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any."
Alice Walker
"I didn't come here to be average. I came here to be awesome."
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"You can’t be hesitant about who you are."
Beyoncé
"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'm a survivor. I'm not gonna give up. I'm not gonna stop. I'm gonna work harder."
unknown
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Frederick Douglass
"You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world."
Oprah Winfrey
"I rise, I rise, I rise."
Maya Angelou
"If you don’t like being a doormat, then get off the floor."
Alanis Morissette
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."
Maya Angelou
"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."
Dr. Mae Jemison
"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society."
Angela Davis
"The only way to deal with this is to get out there and do it."
Diane Nash
"Nobody's a master of their craft. We're all students."
Dawnn Lewis
"You're not going to stop me. I'm going to keep going, and I'm going to keep fighting."
Kamala Harris
"If you don't see yourself, you won't be yourself."
Cicely Tyson
"Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own."
Michelle Obama
"What we need to do is take these racist laws that we have on the books and put them away."
Oprah Winfrey
"I am an artist and a creator who gets to share their visions with the world."
Ava DuVernay
"There is nothing like the empowerment of an entire community coming together to break down barriers."
Dr. Imani Perry
"The only way to fit in is to stand out."
Kerry Washington
"There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise."
Beverly Sills
"I am my ancestors' wildest dreams."
Unknown
"The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman."
Malcolm X
"You are your best thing."
Toni Morrison
"Black women know how to hope, how to dream, how to fight and how to win."
Ava DuVernay
"I’m not ashamed of my blackness, I’m proud of it."
Marva Collins
"Being a Black woman is a complicated thing, but it gives you strength."
Michelle Obama
"I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors."
Oprah Winfrey
"The struggle for justice doesn’t end with victory."
Angela Davis
"There’s no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."
Michelle Obama
"It’s not just about what you do; it’s about how you do it."
Shonda Rhimes
"The key to success is to start before you are ready."
Marie Forleo
"I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better."
Frida Kahlo
"I want to be a movement against complacency."
Yara Shahidi
"Black women are the backbone of the community."
Nina Simone
"Never be afraid to stand up for yourself."
Michelle Obama
"Sisters are doing it for themselves."
Eurhythmics
"The future is female, and it’s Black."
Unknown
"I believe strongly in melting down the dumbness of race."
Zadie Smith
"Black women’s lives matter."
Alicia Garza
"When they go low, we go high."
Michelle Obama
"Empowerment is about giving ourselves permission to do our best work."
Tina Brown
"I am willing to do what I must to get to where I want to be."
Gabrielle Union
"I am my own healer."
Ntozake Shange
"I will not be afraid to speak my mind, nor stay silent, nor hide my race."
Michelle Obama
"If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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