Black Women Quotes

• It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

  Alice Walker

  Women, Famous Inspirational, Flower

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• As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

  Maya Angelou

  Lonely, Loneliness, Book

  Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.393, Modern Library

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• The Black woman is the most unprotected, unloved woman on earth...she is the only flower on earth...that grows unwatered.

  Kola Boof

  Flower, Black, Earth

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• If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.

  Malcolm X

  Country, Baby, Children

  "Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements". Book by Malcolm X edited by George Breitman, 1965.

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• Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white women. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.

  Halle Berry

  White, People, Community

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Moving On, Sad

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• Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

  Mary McLeod Bethune

  Life, Women, Acceptance

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• When black women stick together, we are the most powerful force in the universe.

  Alfre Woodard

  Powerful, Black, Together

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

  Audre Lorde

  Inspiring, Being Yourself, People

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• The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.

  Malcolm X

  America, Black, Neglected

  Malcolm X's speech in Los Angeles, amara.org. May 5, 1962.

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• There ain't nothin' like a Black woman.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rapper, Black

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  You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.

  Josephine Baker

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

  "Hollywood Who's Who Marched With King in '63" by Carl M. Cannon, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 29, 2013.

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• Don't let anything stop you. There will be times when you'll be disappointed, but you can't stop. Make yourself the best that you can make out of what you are. The very best.

  Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

  Motivational, Moving On, Success

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• I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Fire, Race, Black

  "Darkwater: The Givens Collection".

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• What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

  Lucille Clifton

  Attitude, African American, Perception

  "Fooling with Words (Part One)". billmoyers.com. May 28, 1999.

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• Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

  Tyra Banks

  White, Black, Body

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• We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.psychologytoday.com. February 17, 2009.

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  My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Aug 19, 2015

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• In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Uplifting

  "Happy 60th Birthday, Whoopi Goldberg! Our Favorite Quotes From The Actress" by Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2015.

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• When you know my love, my love will warm you.

  Ruby Dee

  Love, Romantic, Loving Someone

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• The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Children, Book

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jul 06, 2010

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• In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Beauty

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wit and Wisdom of Maya Angelou”, p.9, Hachette UK

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• Many think, because your skins are tinged with a sable hue, that you are an inferior race of beings; but God does not consider you as such. ... he hath made all men free and equal. Then why should one worm say to another, 'Keep you down there, while I sit up yonder; for I am better than thou?

  Maria W. Stewart

  God, Freedom, Equality

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• I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Girl

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• It is the mind that makes the body.

  Sojourner Truth

  Positive, Truth, Health

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