A. Y. Jackson Quotes

If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change.

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.

The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.

Duty is ours; consequences are God's.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.

Hate a liar more than I hate thief. A thief is only after my salary a liar is after my reality.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

Art is coming face to face with yourself.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Today we have two Vietnams, side by side, north and south.

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.

There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end.

They will never count me among the broken men.

We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them.

The degree of your anger over correction equals the measure of your pride.

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting.

When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember to be kind.

I want my army to be an army of the living God.

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.

If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

The only winner today is big business.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Success is my drug of choice.

Never take counsel of your fears.

I love you like a fat kid love cake.

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.

Don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth.

Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is - for people to be able to live.

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes.

Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.

Heal the World, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race, there are people dying, if you care enough for the living, make a better place for you and for me.

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for the sect that can win political power.

its not about the dog in the fight, its about the fight in the dog!

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

It's all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.

It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.

I was born alone and I will die alone. I've got to do what's right for me and not live my life the way anybody else wants it.

I've learned that you know your husband still loves you when there are two brownies left and he takes the smaller one.

People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.

Forget what life used to be, you are what you choose to be. It's whatever it is you see that life will become.

Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside?

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.