Inspirational Thoughts -1

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Colin Powell, My American Journey

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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be whole of a small part.

- Frederick Douglass, Famous African American Quotes

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We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish together as fools.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., My Soul Looks Back, Less I Forget4

Teach the children pride. Nothing learned is worth anything if you don’t know to be proud of yourself.- Nanne Helen Burroughs, Heart Full of Grace

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Love is the most durable power in the world ….Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., African American Words of Wisdom

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Human rights are God given, civil rights are man made.Adam Clayton Powell, commencement speech, Harvard University, Washington, D.C. (May 29,

1966)

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You are the product of the love and affection of your parents, and throughout your life you have drawn strength and hope from that love and security.

- Nelson Mandela, Ebony Magazine

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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

- El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X), Talking Drums: An African-American Quote Collection

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You leave home to seek your fortune and when you get it, you go home to share it with your family.

- Anita Baker, Ebony Magazine10