113 result(s) for Black Southern Quotes.
"We ain't what we ought to be; we ain't what we want to be; but thank God we ain't what we used to be."
"It is not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
"It's not about where you come from. It's about where you are going."
"When you see a good fight, get in it."
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"The greatest weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
"I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout this life."
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."
"Don't wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect."
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear."
"If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
"Out of chaos comes clarity."
"You can't keep a good man down."
"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."
"I’m a firm believer in the power of being visible. Be it as an artist or as a person who has faced trials."
"I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines."
"I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance."
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"When it comes to racism, the problem in America is that everyone thinks they are not a racist."
"The thing is, we have to stand up and say what we believe - all of us. Because if we don't, who's going to do that?"
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
"The only way to deal with the situation is to rise up and fight."
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
"You cannot control what others do, or what they say to you, but you can control how you respond."
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
"Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people."
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
"We have to talk about perspectives. There are things I can say from my position that others can't."
"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."
"A person is a person no matter how small."
"Life is not a bed of roses. Life is not a bed of peonies."
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
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"The truth is that I never left you. I never left you, I went to find who I am and what I was meant to do."
"I don't want to be a slave. I don't want to be captive to someone else's oppression."
"I believe that the only way to make a difference is to tell the truth and to not let others define who we are."
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
"Characterization is like a dance; it is essential to communication."
"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."
"I am my ancestors' wildest dreams."
"It's not about being the best, but about being better than you were yesterday."
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
"When they go low, we go high."
"You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society."
"What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible."
"You are your best thing."
"I know what I bring to the table, so I’m not afraid to eat alone."
"A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things."
"If you don't build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs."
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
"I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best."
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can control your attitude toward them."
"We don’t need the world to give us permission to exist."
"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul."
"We are more concerned about our reputation with men than our relationship with God."
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but about learning to dance in the rain."
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
"No one knows what they can do until they try."
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated."
"Find a way or make one."
"I’m a survivor. I’m a living example of what happens when you refuse to give up."
"It’s not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success."
"What we need is not more federal government, but more individual responsibility."
"Dreams are the touchstones of our characters."
"We must use time creatively."
"You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you."
"Freedom is never given; it is won."
"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."
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."
"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow."
"The time is always right to do what is right."
"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."
"If you don’t plan your life, someone else will help you plan it."
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
"I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you."
"It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change."
"You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."
"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."
"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
"The only thing that I could see was that I couldn't see. But I knew that I wanted to be somebody."
"It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
"You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you."
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
"I am my best work, a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines."
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
"You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."
"It’s time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength."
"I am excited to be a part of a community that is doing something for our future generations."
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
"It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion, or culture that divides us."
"We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
"We may not have it all together, but together we have it all."
"When people show you who they are, believe them the first time."
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
"You have to be bothered enough to make a difference."
"Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone."
"Change is never easy but always possible."
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