65 Empowering Quotes By Great Black Leaders For Black History Month

If a person lacks self believe, he would never succeed in the struggle of life

Revolution is sparked by the souls who have been butchered enough by unjust violations.

All occupations must receive respect. Irrespective of the color of the man who is doing them.

Do not contain your ideas because those ideas might be able to bring about the required change in the society.

Diversity shouldn’t only be described and respected in books but should also be protected and cherished in real life.

One must not give up. On anything. For a desire to keep on going is what fuels success.

Set a goal for yourself and work like hell.

Racism isn’t born but is what children learn in this society. For kids would never hate on anyone unless they’re taught to.

There are no efforts to amalgamate or separate. There is just the thought of death in the eyes.

The better the risk is the better is the reward. Those who cannot leap for risks cannot accomplish anything.

Freedom isn’t just letting people go. But freedom is to respect the way that they are and to keep working towards it.

The need of the hour being the change opens ideas and perspectives to new beliefs

Nothing can ever overpower the truth.

Humans can coexist when the latter shows the former, the humanity he wants to receive.

Life without goals and aspirations becomes pointless

One must not expect success without expecting struggles and failures

The right thing doesn’t have to wait for the right time to be done. It has to be done at the very moment it’s thought of.

Demand more from your life and yourself. And work to fulfill those demands.

Freedom cannot be gifted for its a right to be won.

Success can be measured by how far a person has come in his life and what all he has faced.

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. -W.E.B. Du Bois

Hate will only hurt the hater more than it does the hated. It’s a poison that slowly eats you up from the inside, eventually destroying you. You either have a choice to be consumed by it or be the better person and choose love instead of hate.

You need to be sure of what you want to do if you wish to be successful. You need to make up your mind and persevere with determination. That is the only way to conquer your fears.

Only the light can drive out darkness. And only love can drive away hate. Hate on top of hate only multiplies. Hate can never save anyone as only love holds that power.

Only with knowledge can the world be changed. Education holds the power to bring about significant change in the world. History is witness to the power of education.

Beneath the color of our skin, beyond the limits of national borders and cultural boundaries, we are all humans with a shared humanity. Only by acknowledging and accepting this fact can we really honor each other.

There is no point in complaining. There comes a time when you need to stop complaining and do something about your problems. Find a solution rather than rant about your issues.

Diversity is about accepting each other for how we are. It is about acknowledging our differences and embracing our uniqueness. We are all different and yet at the very core, the same human.

Failure is natural. Everyone fails at something or the other at some point in their life. You need to stop being so hard on yourself. No matter what it is, the most important thing is that you do not stop trying.

Instead of waiting for someone else to come and save you, you need to do it yourself. You need to be the change that you seek. Everything starts from within.

A person who changes sides and opinions frequently is gullible. One must have an informed opinion and stand by it, rather than jumping around and being persuaded by anything and everything.

Good and bad are impartial and objective concepts. What is wrong shall always remain to be wrong regardless of who does it. You cannot be blinded by love or prejudice that you overlook their sins.

Racism is not something that people are born with. It is systematically indoctrinated into the minds of the young. The system is endowed with subtle racist habits that eventually grow into big racist issues.

Racism is needless and irrational hate. There is no point in hating another for the color of their skin. There’s no logic or explanation to it. All it is is pure hatred.

Respect and dignity are our rights and we are entitled to them. No person, irrespective of their gender, culture, or race deserves to be hurt or disrespected. They should be treated as equals and seen as every other human is.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Until every person is emancipated and protected from injustice and oppression, humanity can never be truly free. No society can be considered truly free if there’s even one person who’s subjected to inhumane, systematic oppression.

The Black community has been subjected to several injustices over the years. While the privileged have stayed numb to their struggle, those at the receiving end have had to face the brunt of the injustices. And it is time that the comfortable become uncomfortable and be made to see what the true reality is in the country.

The black community has always been subjected to injustice and systematic oppression. And their struggle is what has defined America. Their endurance, strength and resilience are the core of American values and not the racist, white supremacist values !q55that has been propgated throughout history.

Peace and freedom go hand in hand. Without freedom and liberty, there can be no peace. Everytime a person’s personal liberty is seized from him, it is a threat to peace.

The oppressors will never care for the oppressed. You cannot expect them to come out and help the oppressed. Justice and freedom have to be demanded by the oppressed themselves.

No victory comes without struggle. If you do not have the courage to face your problems and dare to struggle, victory shall always be a distant dream. Look at all the injustice and oppression that you are subjected to in its face and demand your rights. Stand up for them and keep fighting till you win.

Any form of systematic injustice and discrimination is a crime against humanity itself. Unless everyone enjoys their rights and freedom, humanity is not completely free of injustice.

Liberation comes from change within us. A system that has always been used to oppress people can never be used to relieve that oppression. It has to be dismantled altogether and a new system be placed in its place.

America is a land of one people. We are all a family living in the same house: America. And it is only by standing together and uniting that we can make this nation a better place altogether.

Emancipation was never something that was handed down to the slaves. It was something that they fought for. It was their incessant struggle that brought them that freedom.

It is not enough that you say you are not racist. In a world like ours, where people of colour are so brutally discriminated against, you have to condemn every act of racism and stand in solidarity with those who are facing such hate.

Race is just a social construct. The colour of your skin should not determine how others act towards you. There is only one race and that is the human. Everything else, from race, to caste to religion is just superficial and mindless social constructs that make no sense.

Prejudice blinds people. It breeds hatred and violence, making the future uncertain and the present, obscured. Unless we rise above such petty hate and break open the chains of prejudice, we can never truly progress as the human race.

Hate spread on the basis of colour, or any other social construct, is stupid and irrational. Regardless of where you are on the spectrum, discriminating against someone just because the amount of melanin in their body is different, or they belong to a particular culture or race can never be justified.

The privileged folks, especially the white majority, are blind to the racism that is ubiquitous in the world. They cannot see racism because they are not, in any manner, affected by the brutality of racial injustice. Their privilege blinds them.

Fascism is an authoritarian regime that gives no regard to the rights of people. Stand up against fascism for if you don’t it will eventually come for you. Raise your voice before it is too late.

Training can create a limited amount of winners mentality. It normally comes from within. Every champion is fueled by a desire to be the best which leads to putting in efforts and translates into victory.

The silence of the people help in strengthening all forms of discriminatory culture in the world. Silence is complicity. If you are silent in the face of injustice, you are taking the side of the oppressor.

Change is often tough to bring about. There are always too many things to look out for, too many barriers to break and too many challenges to overcome. But you always have a chance to do it. Change is difficult but always possible

The path to attain justice is not an easy one. There’ll be too many challenges that you’ll have to pay. You’ll have to stand up, raise your voice and fight against those who deny you your rights.

Love is powerful. No matter how much you try to stop it, no matter what obstacles you face, love always perseveres and makes it through.

The world is, by no means, perfect. There are atrocities, injustice, inequality, disease and so many other problems that plague society. We can either choose to settle for the way it is, or we can strive for change.

Racism has seeped so deep into the social fabric of the country that it has become normalised by now. The majority of people cannot see it because they’ve become conditioned to it.

Prejudice and hate are deep rooted in most people’s minds. Racism has become so normalised in society that most people cannot even comprehend the possibility of equality.

You cannot fight evil with evil. Only the light can destroy darkness. Social evils like racism can only be defeated by standing in solidarity with the oppressed.

Racism is instilled very deeply into our culture. The double standards are very apparent when you look at the simplest things. The standards for a white family is not the same as it is for a person of colour.

Violence and anger is never the way to change anything. If you want to fight for justice, educate and organize. To change the system, rely on peaceful methods of protest instead of hateful and violent actions.

Hatred is a double-edged sword. The hate that you harbour inside you does not only lead you to inflict harm on others, but it also harms yourself. It eats you from the inside and turns you into a toxic person.

Every human on this earth is born with the right to freedom and no person can take that away from another. Those who believe in the principles of justice, freedom and equality will fight for it.

The fight for justice, freedom and human rights will never end. Racism, patriarchy and all forms of oppressive systems will eventually be brought down. Even if those leading the fight pass away, there’ll be others to take forward the legacy.