February 28, 2007

Since its the last day of February in which the entire month is dedicated to Black History, I thought I would share some thought provoking quotes, stories, etc. from notable folks:

"God may not remove our suffering. May not remove our pain, But God gives us the strength to endure. To go through it. To overcome it. In doing so, He draws us closer to Him. That's His comfort."--Pastor Reginald T. Johnson, Jr., Cornerstone Baptist of Baltimore, Maryland. From Messengers: Portraits of African American Ministers, Evangelists, Gospel Singers, and other Messengers of the Word, (2006).

"All my limitations are self-imposed, and my liberation can only come from true self-love."--Max Robinsonm, former ABC News Anchor

"I think there is no more serious or important time in a young person's life than when he leaves home for the first time to enter school, or any line of business, and I think I can judge pretty accurately what a person is going to amount to by the way he acts during the first one or two years that he is absent from home".-Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, Educator.

"If a Black person gets in trouble, he calls out two names, Jesus and the NAACP."-Joe Madison

"Never be afraid to sit a while and think."-Lorraine Hansberry, 1930-1965 Dramatist

"What works best is delegating authority, learning you cannot do everything, and some people can do it better."-Willie Smith, Former Clothing Designer

"Surround yourself with people who are going to lift you higher."-Oprah Winfrey

"In the great getting-up morning/Fare ye well, Fare ye well."--Traditional Negroe Spiritual Verse

"I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that."-Dick Gregory, Comedian and Activist

"There's a spectrum of Black experience, just as there is of Black views and opinions."-Henry Louis Gates, Scholar & Critic.