1. 25 QUOTES BY
PHENOMENAL AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMEN

2. "We are the ones we have been waiting for."
June Jordan

3. “Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom
is never really won, you earn it and win it in
every generation.”
Coretta Scott King

4. “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

5. "If I didn't define myself for myself, I would
be crunched into other people's fantasies for
me and eaten alive."
Audre Lorde

6. “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

7. “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

8. "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

9. “I am so hip even my errors are correct"
Nikki Giovanni

10. “Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
Tyra Banks

11. "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

12. "If you don't like something, change it. If you
can't change it, change your attitude. Don't
complain."
Maya Angelou

13. "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

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

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

16. “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

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

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

19. “I was born black and female.”
Lorraine Hansberry

20.  “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

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

22. “Don't wait around for other people to be
happy for you. Any happiness you get you've
got to make yourself.”
Alice Walker

23. "No person is your friend who demands your
silence, or denies your right to grow."
Alice Walker

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

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

26. “Whatever we believe about ourselves and our
ability comes true for us.”
Susan L. Taylor

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