INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES BY AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS

“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“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 while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott (Harriet Tubman)

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass

“Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.” – Maya Angelou

“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

“The only way to deal with this life is to find a way to love and be loved in return.” – James Baldwin

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker

“If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.” – Toni Morrison

“Have a vision. Be demanding.” – Colin Powell

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” – Shirley Chisholm INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES DISNEY

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” – Maya Angelou

“Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts — good relationships feel good.” – Oprah Winfrey

“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna (Cicely Tyson)

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” – Maya Angelou

“Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you’re on the journey, but you’ve got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.” – Russell Wilson

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.” – Booker T. Washington

“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” – Madam C.J. Walker

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Dr. Mae Jemison

“We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was ‘legal’ and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was ‘illegal.'” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“I have come too far from where I started to let my first step be my last.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer (Denzel Washington)

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” – Marcus Garvey