African American Quotes

You carry the weight of the preternatural world on those big shoulders of yours. But your heart is even bigger, and the burden you harbor there heavier.

If I'm moving too fast or coming on too hard...

Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.

Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.

Inside, I screamed for help but the words knew better than to escape my lips.

VOA no longer felt like a sanctuary but rather a mirage and we were desert wanderers.

We were all pawns easily discarded at the whims of monsters, some of whom were younger than me.

It was as if hell itself had taken human form and come up from the abyss.

You are created with a mandate! You have all you need to fulfill it.

Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes.

Desire to give and not always receive.

Drown those degrading thoughts.

Desire to impact lives! Change destinies and make dreams come true.

Build up your faith while starving the fears.

Avoid conflicts, Embrace cordiality.

Ride higher in life unto the higher life.

The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still.

Don't turn around in circles for making circles do not equate making progress.

Light is life and always wins.

Choices, options, decisions abound. Choose right, take the best option and decide well.

Sow the right words! Think the good thought.

Life is beautiful if you take the best option.

Move forward for forward is progress but circles are movement.

Forget yesterday, Act on Today and Get a hold on tomorrow.

It turns out horrendous when you choose the wrong options.

You have been called to a life of blessing, don't descend to that of curses.

Have the best course for all your actions.

Sow good seeds for a good yield.

There is seed time and harvest, choose to sow at the right time so as to have a bountiful harvest.

Always contend for the good!

Shine forth your light before all beings.

Shout out for Joy! Don't scream out in fear for victors shout and victims scream.

Decide to be rich! Hate poverty strong.

Stand out tall amidst challenges! Dwarf all irrelevant voices.

Shun darkness and evil vices for they that embrace them wear off with time!

Don't descend to the lowest ebb.

Eschew evil and it's machinations.

Relish what is good and expedient.

In your emotions: exercise Joy over sadness.

Be positive at all times! Leave out the negatives.

Options abound world over, Options to choose from and be the best.

God takes us through life's journey. Always nudging our Spirits to go for plus and shun the minus.

There is a ladder to Success! Choose to climb it.

To those who are struggling. To talk about a struggle, you're likely to forget about it. To be shown a struggle, you're likely not to forget it. But, to live through a struggle, you'll understand it.

Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction.

Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall have the power to thrive in such society even for a few seconds.

It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do.

In the biological sense, race does not exist.

If origin defines race, then we are all Africans – we are all black.

Ambition is like a plague that can only be cured by success.