Quotes on Africa

“If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired.”

Askhari Johnson Hodari

“Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

“Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.”

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

“Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline. Proverbs 1:7 NLT”

Eddie Johnson

“How to care for the injured body,the kind of body that can't holdthe content it is living?”

Claudia Rankine

African writers are living history in their works.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Rise and shine! Today is another chance to chase your dreams and inspire those around you.

Unknown

Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction.

George Washington Carver

Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

Madam C.J. Walker

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Harriet Tubman

Good morning! Remember, where there is no vision, there is no hope.

George Washington Carver

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

Booker T. Washington

As long as you are standing, give a hand to those who have fallen.

Oprah Winfrey

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Maya Angelou

Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts – good relationships feel good.

Oprah Winfrey

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Maya Angelou

Make every morning a fresh start. Focus on the possibilities, not the obstacles.

Unknown

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them – just find a new way to stand.

Oprah Winfrey

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

Maya Angelou

Good morning! Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Don’t ever underestimate the power of faith and love to change everything.

John Lewis

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.

Maya Angelou

Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.

Arthur Ashe

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Frederick Douglass

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

Rosa Parks

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.

Maya Angelou

I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.

Jay-Z

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'

Martin Luther King Jr.

I must say the idea of a United Africa was nonsense.

C.L.R. James