25 QUOTES BY PHENOMENAL AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

"We are the ones we have been waiting for." 

June Jordan

“Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn

it and win it in every generation.” Coretta Scott King

“You will be wounded many times in your life. You’ll make mistakes. Some

people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God’s way of saying, “Excuse me,

you’re moving in the wrong direction.” It’s just an experience, just an

experience.” Oprah Winfrey

"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's

fantasies for me and eaten alive." Audre Lorde

“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you

can get there if you're willing to work.”

Oprah Winfrey

“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

"I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it

bruised or misunderstood." Audre Lorde

“I am so hip even my errors are correct" 

Nikki Giovanni

“Never dull your shine for somebody else.”

Tyra Banks

"Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me.

How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond

me." Zora Neale Hurston

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your

attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick

ass." Maya Angelou

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." 

Maya Angelou

"When you know better you do better." Maya Angelou

“You can write me down in history with hateful, twisted lies, you can tread me in this very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll

rise.” Maya Angelou

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” Maya Angelou

“Nobody's free until everybody's free.”Fannie Lou Hamer

“I was born black and female.”Lorraine Hansberry

“Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and

not something you do in your spare time.”

Marian Wright Edelmen

“Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.”Marian Wright Edelman

“Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you

get you've got to make yourself.” Alice Walker

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to

grow." Alice Walker

“You don’t become what you want; you become what you believe.”

Oprah Winfrey

“You are the designer of your destiny; you are the author of your story.” 

 Lisa Nichols

“Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.” 

Susan L. Taylor 

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