Black Quotations

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A compliation of Inspirational quotations by famous Black People.

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No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. Althea Gibson

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The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe

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The color of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. Benjamin Banneker

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The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now. Bill Cosby

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Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose. Billie Holiday

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You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. Booker T. Washington

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My mother never gave up on me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back. Denzel Washington

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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass

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I think it's always best to be who you are. Halle Berry

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I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. Harriet Tubman

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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. Jesse Jackson

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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

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A man's bread and butter is only insured when he works for it. Marcus Garvey

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One chance is all you need. Jesse Owens

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From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could. Mary McLeod Bethune

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Maya Angelou

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If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. Nikki Giovanni

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey

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Each person must live their life as a model for others. Rosa Parks

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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. Satchel Paige

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We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. Stevie Wonder

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It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. Whitney Young, Jr.

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Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. Will Smith

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Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. Wilma Rudolph

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It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential. Barack Obama

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