“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. ... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” -- Martin Luther King

This quote inspirational to me because it talks about how there should be no racism

“No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.” -- Booker T. Washington

This quote inspirational to me because it talks about how were all equal

“If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist.” -- Neil deGrasse Tyson

This quote inspirational to me because we should always think about people who are important.

"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise." - Maya Angelou

This is inspirational to me because it says everyone is important

"We should emphasize not Negro history, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice." - Carter Woodson

This is inspirational to me because it says everyone is equal

"Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power." - Barbara Jordan

This is inspirational to me because we all should use our own minds.

"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated." - Coretta Scott King

This is inspirational to me because I think there should be no hate.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is inspirational to me because my Grandfather told me that

"I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was a bridge. Harriet Tubman was a bridge. Ida B. Wells was a bridge. Madame C. J. Walker was a bridge. Fannie Lou Hamer was a bridge." - Oprah Winfrey

This is inspirational to me because I think everyone needs to cross bridges

"Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us." - Susan L. Taylor, journalist

This is inspirational to me because I can always believe I can do something

"Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald

This is inspirational to me because I never give up

"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute." - Thurgood Marshall

This is inspirational to me because we should always see the good in people

"Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us." - Wilma Rudolph

This is inspirational to me because we can all do what we believe in

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama

This is inspirational to me because my parents always tell me to change my own life not have anyone else do it for me.

"For Africa to me ... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place." - Maya Angelou

This is inspirational to me because it is something I believe in

"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us--that's where it's at." - Jesse Owens

This is inspirational to me because every one can relate to this quote

"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

This is inspirational to me because we should all dare to be powerful

"Freedom is never given; it is won." - A. Philip Randolph

This is inspirational to me because I believe it is true

"Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness." – Ola Joseph

This is inspirational to me because I think everyone should believe this

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope." – George Washington Carver

This is inspirational to me because because many important people live by this