Quotes on Black History Inspirational

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

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.

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.

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

Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

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

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

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 thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.

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.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.