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10 Inspirational Quotes To Get You Through The Day

10 Inspirational Quotes To Get You Through The Day

Darrell Garrett · Monday, April 4th 2011 at 11:57AM · 5508 views
Sharing some positive quotes from African Americans that may touch move and inspire you.

“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.”
Malcolm X

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."
Arthur Ashe

"Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."
Michael Jordan

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
Maya Angelou

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
Satchel Paige

"Do your best and let God do the rest."
Dr. Ben Carson

"I'd rather be hated for what I am than loved for what I'm not."
Chuck D

"God does not... give people positions or jobs or... good conditions such as they desire; they must do that for themselves.. God does not build cities nor towns nor nations, nor homes, nor factories; men and people do that and all those who want must work for themselves and pray to God to give them strength to do it."
Marcus Garvey

"Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong."
Muhammad Ali

(Posted in The Afroblog at htp://afrodaddy.com)

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Comments (4)

Jen Fad Monday, April 4th 2011 at 2:31PM

"Do your best and let God do the rest."
Dr. Ben Carson

I love it and I find this statment so true in my life!

MIISRAEL Bride Monday, April 4th 2011 at 7:53PM

I liked everyone of them!

Jen Fad Tuesday, April 5th 2011 at 9:42PM

Miisrael,
I didn't get the one by the Late Satchel Paige. I wasn't born average!! Ha!!

MIISRAEL Bride Saturday, April 9th 2011 at 5:46AM

Of course you weren't!
I think his reasoning probably had to do with dealing with steep racism because he was not the known as so common in the baseball sport --and being Black was considered an average way of birth in his time. He excelled from making an average man...not just so common but above. It's what I think he meant. It's how I reasoned it anyway...I don't think I was born average or common...How's that ...Ha!

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