“Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.”
— Redd Foxx, comedian, writer, film & TV actor
Posts tagged as “Quotes”
“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
“Don’t let your dreams be dreams.”
— Jack Johnson, the world’s first African-American heavyweight boxing champion
“Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing in it.”
— Jesse Owens, four-time Olympic gold medal winner
“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go–purge yourself. I did that. I had nothing, but I had my freedom… [W]hatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”
— Tina Turner, Pop, Rock and R&B singing legend
“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.”
–Stevie Wonder, musical legend
“If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don’t think down on it, think it is something in your way. And this way, when you really do want to stretch out, and express how beautiful black is, everybody will hear you.”
— Leontyne Price, opera legend and Presidential Medal Of Freedom Winner