significant figures quotes

lauryn hill - never

Never be afraid of not knowing. Find out.

lauryn hill - we should

We should always be aspiring to know more, and to better ourselves, and to improve ourselves. To improve ourselves, because that's how we improve the world around us, by working within us.

lauryn hill - we call

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

ruby bridges - racism

Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.

ruby bridges - we

We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.

ruby bridges - evil

Evil isn't prejudiced. It doesn't care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It's up to you whether you give it that place.

marsha p johnson - no

No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.

marsha p johnson - history

History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable. It happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.

marsha p johnson - how

How many years has it taken people to realize that we are all brothers and sisters and human beings in the human race?

kendrick lamar - my

My moms always told me, 'How long you gonna play the victim?' I can say I'm mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

kendrick lamar - i

I don't want to be something that just comes and goes.

kendrick lamar - its

It's easy to forget who you are.

katherine johnson - i

I don’t have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I’m as good as anybody, but no better.

katherine johnson - we

We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.

katherine johnson - everything

Everything was so new - the whole idea of going into space was new and daring. There were no textbooks, so we had to write them.

kobe bryant - the most

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

kobe bryant - everything

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

kobe bryant - winning

Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.

barack obama - change

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 - my

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

barack obama - if

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

jane goodall - change

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

jane goodall - what

What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.

jane goodall - i’m

I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect.

kamala harris - the

The American dream belongs to all of us.

kamala harris - i can

I can imagine what can be, unburdened by what has been.

kamala harris - i was

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

nelson mandela - it

It always seems impossible until it's done.

nelson mandela - if

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

nelson mandela - education

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

rbg - i

I am a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

rbg - a

A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

rbg - fight

Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

mlk - darkness

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

mlk - true

True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.

mlk - the

The time is always right to do right.

aoc - i

I don't think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.

aoc - change

Change takes courage.

aoc - mentors

Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I'm not going to do that. That takes away my power. I'm not going to compromise who I am.

michelle obama - we

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

michelle obama - the

The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.

michelle obama - success

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

frida kahlo - at

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.

frida kahlo - i

I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.

frida kahlo - nothing

Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.