Quotes on Black Women

Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.

Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.

Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble. And if she's a black woman, seh's in deep trouble.

Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is a lesbian and gay issue, because I and thousands of other Black women are part of the lesbian community. Any attack against lesbians and gays is a Black issue, because thousands of lesbians and gay men are Black. There is no hierarchy of oppression.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

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.

The empowerment of black women constitutes the empowerment of our entire community.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

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

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

As I got to know the people of the Civil Rights Movement, I realized... _x000D_ I am the hopeful black woman who was denied her right to vote. _x000D_ I am the caring white supporter killed on the front lines of freedom. _x000D_ I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet. I am the two fallen police officers murdered in the line of duty. 'Selma' has awakened my humanity.

Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.

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.

I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history of the United States.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.