Black History #Breakthrough with Oprah

#BlackHistory ~ Turn your wounds into wisdom. ~Oprah Winfrey

Black History #Breakthrough with Oprah

#BlackHistory ~ Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. ~Oprah Winfrey

Black History #Breakthrough with Pearl Bailey

#BlackHistory ~ There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside. ~Pearl Bailey

Black History #Breakthrough with Sojourner Truth

#BlackHistory ~ It is the mind that makes the body. 
~Sojourner Truth

Black History #Breakthrough with Audre Lorde

#BlackHistory ~ When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audre Lorde

Black History #Breakthrough with Rosa Parks

#BlackHistory ~ I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. ~ Rosa Parks

Black History #Breakthrough with Marian Anderson

#BlackHistory ~ "Fear is a disease that eats away at logic..." ~Marian Anderson

Black History #Breakthrough with Frederick Douglass

#BlackHistory ~ The soul that is within me no man can degrade. ~Frederick Douglass

Black History #Breakthrough with Arthur Ashe

#BlackHistory ~ Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. ~Arthur Ashe

Black History #Breakthrough with Maya Angelou

#BlackHistory ~ Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. ~Maya Angelou

Black History #Breakthrough with Marian Anderson

#BlackHistory ~ It is easy to look back, self-indulgently, feeling pleasantly sorry for oneself and saying I didn't have this and I didn't have that. But it is only the grown woman regretting the hardships of a little girl who never thought they were hardships at all. She had the things that really mattered. ~Marian Anderson

Black History #Breakthrough with Mary McLeod Bethune

#BlackHistory ~ Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. ~Mary McLeod Bethune

Black History #Breakthrough with Barbara Jordan

#BlackHistory ~ If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule. ~Barbara Jordan

Black History #Breakthrough with Jesse Owens

#BlackHistory ~ Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it. ~Jesse Owens

Black History #Breakthrough with Satchel Paige

#BlackHistory ~ Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. 
~Satchel Paige

Black History #Breakthrough with Malcolm X

#BlackHistory ~ One who stands for nothing will fall for anything. ~Malcolm X

Black History #Breakthrough with Josephine Baker

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

Black History #Breakthrough with Oprah

#BlackHistory ~ Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream. ~Oprah Winfrey

Black History #Breakthrough with Rev. Jesse Jackson

#BlackHistory ~ Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive. Don't you surrender! Suffering breeds character, character breeds faith. In the end faith will not disappoint. ~Rev. Jesse Jackson, Keep Hope Alive

Black History #Breakthrough with James Baldwin

#BlackHistory ~ People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead. ~James Baldwin (1924-1987), Nobody Knows My Name (1961)