Black History Inspirational Quotes by Langston Hughes, Oprah Winfrey, Booker T. Washington, Zora Neale Hurston, Rosa Parks, Carter G. Woodson and many others.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom.
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
