Quote by Frederick Douglas

“We have to do with the past
only as we can make it useful
to the present and the future.”
Frederick Douglass
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Quote by Iyanla Vanzant

“Plan your hours to be productive?
Plan your weeks to be educational?
Plan your years to be purposeful.
Plan your life to be an experience of growth.
Plan to change. Plan to grow.” Iyanla Vanzant

 

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Quote by Nelson Mandela

“As we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.”
Nelson Mandela

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Quote by Zina Garrison

“A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.”
Zina Garrison

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Quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Everybody can be great because anybody can serve.
You don’t have to have 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.” 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Quote by Benjamin E. Mays

“Every person is born into the world
to do something unique and something distinctive,
and if he or she does not do it,
it will never be done.” Benjamin E. Mays

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Quote by James Baldwin

“There is never time in the future
in which we will work out our salvation.
The challenge is in the moment;
the time is always now.” James Baldwin

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Quote by Angela Davis

“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
Angela Davis

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Quote by King Solomon Hearn

“I make simpler my life
by focusing all my attention
on living in this precious moment!”
King Solomon Hearn

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Maya Angelou Quote

“If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else,
you will have succeeded.” Maya Angelou

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