African American Quotes - Page 2

Differences can be a strength.

What you do to-day that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible.

There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a decade before the civil war began.

Stop using the word 'Negro.' The word is a misnomer from every point of view. It does not represent a country or anything else ... I am an African-American.

When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that I was black. Most recently I was African-American. It seems we're on a roll here. But I am still first and foremost in search of freedom.

I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.

Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot.

Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness.

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down; because I knocked all of them down.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food

Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred

There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.

Black painters have done all kinds of work. It's the treatment of forms they engage in-that's what determines the value of the work, not whether you call them a black artist or not.

I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.

Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.

I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.

A goal without a plan is a wish.

It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed.