We are all the same, whatever your skin color you should appreciate the way God has created you. As you grow older you will learn so much about yourself, and about life in general. Life is amazing when you look at everything with a positive view when you start to appreciate what you have and what you are blessed with. Appreciate the colour of your skin and look after your health to maintain a healthy body and mindset. Quotes by black women on life are inspirational.
Quotes By Black Women
- “If women want any rights more than they’ve got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” Sojourner Truth
- “We must cease being participants in our own oppression.” Stacey Abrams
- “We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.” Angela Davis
- “It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else’s job to take care of me but me.” Beyonce Knowles
- “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.” Althea Gibson
- “You can fall, but you can rise also.” Angelique Kidjo
- “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” Oprah Winfrey
- “Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.” Alice Walker
- “Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.” Shirley Chisholm
- “You are your best thing.” Toni Morrison
- “The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.” Misty Copeland
- “Just be what you are. And I try to be my best self and be what I am and know what I am and be satisfied with that. And if people don’t know it, maybe they’ll eventually know it.” Coretta Scott King
- “I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change…I’m changing the things I cannot accept.”Angela Davis
- “If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself.” Gabrielle Union
- “I get angry about things, then go on and work.” Toni Morrison
- “Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.” Sadie Delany
- “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” Oprah Winfrey
- “Activism is my rent for living on the planet.” Alice Walker
- “Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.” Mary McLeod Bethune
- “I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.” Simone Biles
- “We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” Michelle Obama
- “Am I good enough? Yes, I am.” Michelle Obama
- “The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.” Angela Davis
- “Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us” Angela Bassett
- “It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.” Lena Horne
- “It’s time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you.” Iyanla Vanzant
- “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” Oprah Winfrey
- “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” Alice Walker
- “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Ida B. Wells
- “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” Maya Angelou
- “No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.” Zora Neale Hurston
- “It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.” Angela Davis
- “To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.” Angela Davis
- “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” Maya Angelou
- “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” Shirley Chisolm
- “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” Oprah Winfrey
- “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” Oprah Winfrey
- “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Harriet Tubman
- “Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.” Oprah Winfrey
- “The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.” Alice Walker
- “Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.” Coretta Scott King
- “Power is not given to you. You have to take it.” Beyoncé Knowles
- “I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities.” Angela Davis
- “What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have.” Oprah Winfrey
- “I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can’t fail if you do that.” Anita Hill
- “A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.” Pearl Bailey
- “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” Oprah Winfrey
- “Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for” Alice Walker
- “The air is the only place free from prejudice.” Bessie Coleman
- “One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” Michelle Obama
