Quotes on African American Inspirational

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

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.

Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land.

Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.

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.

I know why the caged bird sings.

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.