African American Inspirational Quotes

#1. Depression is like being under house arrest, only there is no house.

Lisa Eley

#2. DON'T BE SO PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE,
TO THE POINT YOU FIND YOURSELF UNPREPARED FOR THE VICTORY!

WHEN YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOU PREPARE FOR IT ALL!

Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier

#3. For poetry and I are one
To separate is to decapitate
For my poetry is forever.

Kerry D. Brackett

#4. I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had to go somewhere and do something to redeem my being alive.

Richard Wright

#5. *The Lonely*
Dancing slowly in an empty room.
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby;
Let you go and let the lonely in,
To take my heart again ...

Christina Perri

#6. Don't let anyone rob you of hope.

Pope Francis

#7. Ignore ignorance. The ultimate way to deal with men with ignorant mentality who are ignorance of your purpose on earth is to ignore their ignorance; capitalize on their ignorance and let them appreciate your purpose in awe and admiration

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#8. Do we know ourselves - our "self"? How are we supposed to be ourselves if we are not our selves? And how can we be our selves without knowing who we are, such that we are certain of being the ones we are?

Martin Heidegger

#9. NEVER GO TO SLEEP KNOWING THE SAME THING YOU KNEW THE NIGHT BEFORE!

Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier

#10. When we rise in the morning ... at the table we drink coffee which is provided to us by a South American, or tea by a Chinese, or cocoa by a West African; before we leave for our jobs we are already beholden to more than half the world.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#11. When we pray, we bring G-d into the world

Abraham Joshua Heschel

#12. All over the world there are a lot of distributors that have the equipment for 3D but they don't have the movies really. The only source of 3D movies is Hollywood. Only Hollywood sends the 3D movies. So it was an option.

Michel Hazanavicius

#13. PEOPLE DIE
THEIR ENERGY DON'T!

Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier

#14. Any woman with kinky textured hair - can wear it, love it and manage it. She only needs the right tools, inspiration and motivation.

Monica Millner

#15. Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.

Rosa Parks

#16. Dealing with pain for surviving on this thirsty concrete

Kjiva

#17. WHEN YOU FOLLOW THE WAYS OF YOUR ANCESTORS YOU WILL NEVER BE LOST.

LET YOUR ANCESTORS BE YOUR GUIDING LIGHT.

Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier