Quotes that inspire me:
"People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead." - James Baldwin
"You..re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can..t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it." - Malcolm X
"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery." - Malcolm X
"You can't separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." - Malcolm X
"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
"Black people have always been America..s wilderness in search of a promised land." - Cornel West
"I am America. I am the part you won..t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me." - Muhammad Ali
"People will forget what you said to them and what you did to them, but they will never forget how you made them feel." - George Fraser.
These are all from positve black leaders past & present. I am all about my culture and community. After all, if we don..t care, who will? Think about it! What do these quotes make you think? Let me know.
