Browsing Topic Best Black History Month Quotes

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

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

We are the ones we have been waiting for.

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

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.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

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

I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. It gets in the way of Black History Month. Cupid didn’t free any slaves.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

Black History Month is dedicated to heroes that paved the way for Black people. It’s a month that’s very imperative because it gives those who lack the knowledge of our heroes a chance to gain insight. It’s not just about the month, it’s about the years that it took for us to get to this one month and it’s beyond placing a value on how much Black History Month really means to me.

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.

I pay homage and respect to Bobby Womack [for Black History Month] knowing that he passed last year… Him being one of those artists that I have really sampled so much and just been so inspired by… You know, he is the original ‘soul man.’

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

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

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.

Black History Month is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest-just in case we want to have a parade

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

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

Black History Month is a great celebration for Black people everywhere. I just hope we get to the point as Black people that we celebrate everyday like it is Black History month by living our lives and aspiring to be all we can. Many people lost their lives for us to have the privileges we have so we need to honor them by striving to be the best we can be.

One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.

It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans.

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

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom.

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

I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem.