“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”
–Muhammad Ali, world heavyweight boxing champion, activist and icon
Posts tagged as “Inspiration”
“Give your brain as much attention as you do your hair and you’ll be a thousand times better off.”
— Malcolm X, activist, minister, civil rights leader
“Life has two rules: Number 1, never quit! Number 2, always remember rule number 1.”
–Duke Ellington, legendary jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
“Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company?”
–Zora Neale Hurston, anthropologist and author of “Their Eyes Are Watching God”
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”
–Maya Angelou, writer, poet and playwright
“They said I was the fighter who got knocked down the most, but I also got up the most.”
–Floyd Patterson, the youngest boxer to win the world heavyweight title, and the first heavyweight to regain the title.
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.”
–Marvin Gaye, singer/songwriter, musician & Motown legend
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
–Rosa Parks, seamstress, writer and civil rights activist
BET founder and chairman of the RLJ companies, Robert Johnson, is developing a faith-friendly channel on YouTube. ALRIGHT TV will produce entertainment, comedy, reality, self-help, music, talk programs and hopes to provide inspirational content to viewers of all ages.
“Don’t let your dreams be dreams.”
— Jack Johnson, the world’s first African-American heavyweight boxing champion