In honor of black history month, here are 20 quotes that everyone can live by, from African Americans.
1. “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” –Malcom X
2. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” –Maya Angelo
3. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” -Harriet Tubman
4. “You’re either part of the solution, or part of the problem.” –(Leroy) Eldridge Cleaver
5. “Each person must live their life as a model for others” –Rosa Parks
6. “Our nation is a rainbow- red, yellow, brown, black, and white- and we’re all precious in God’s sight.” –Jesse Jackson
7. “I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying,” –Michael Jordan
8. “As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are.” –Malidoma Patrice Somé
9. “Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” –Toni Morrison
10. “Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than the hated.” –Coretta Scott King
11. “Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” –Ella Fitzgerald
12. “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.” –Barack Obama
13. “Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.” –Ola Joseph
14. “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” –Dr. Mae Jemison
15. “The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now.” –Bill Cosby
16. “Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.” –Susan L. Taylor
17. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” –Frederick Douglass
18. “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
19. “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never ever have enough.” –Oprah Winfrey
20. “Just ask! They can’t hurt you, all they can say is no.” –My great grandma
