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Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018“A dreamer can dream of success, positive motivation, ideas, but if you do not put these ideas down on paper and work toward the goals..., then it's just another idea that has passed through your mind.”
Dr. Donnie Cannon
African-American Entrepreneur
(1917 - 2013)
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2018“Every great enterprise begins with and takes its first step forward in faith.”
Chapman R. Cannon, Jr.
African-American Entrepreneur
(1934 - 2011)
Monday, Feb 26, 2018“It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.”
John H. Johnson
Founder of Johnson Publishing Company & first African-American to appear on the Forbes 400.
(1918 - 2005)
Friday, Feb 23, 2018“Though it seems curious, I do not remember ever asking for anything but what I got it. And I always received it as an answer to my prayers.”
Sojourner Truth
African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
(1797 - 1883)
Thursday, Feb 22, 2018“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nobel laureate, Baptist minister and civil rights leader.
(1929 - 1968)
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018“Quite often truth is nothing more than the pure and misleading creation of the media, corroborated by fabricated images and testimonies. When that happens, the word of God fades away...”
Robert Cardinal Sarah
Guinean Priest, Bishop & Author.
(1945 - present)
Tuesday, Feb 20, 2018“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
Frederick Douglass
African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer and statesman.
(1818 - 1895)
Monday, Feb 19, 2018“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
Ida B. Wells
African-American journalist, newspaper editor and early leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
(1862 - 1931)
Friday, Feb 16, 2018“Only by God's grace have I made it to see today and only by God's grace will I ever see tomorrow.”
Jesse Owens
Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist.
(1913 - 1980)
Thursday, Feb 15, 2018“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
St. Moses the Ethiopian
Ascetic monk and priest (one of the Desert Fathers).
(330AD - 405AD)
Wednesday, Feb 14, 2018“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.”
Bob Marley
Jamaican singer-songwriter.
(1945 - 1981)
Tuesday, Feb 13, 2018“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman
African-American abolitionist and humanitarian.
(1822 - 1913)
Monday, Feb 12, 2018“Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.”
Ralph Johnson Bunche
American political scientist, academic, diplomat and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
(1904 - 1971)
Friday, Feb 09, 2018“Truth is more than a mental exercise.”
Thurgood Marshall
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
(1908 - 1993)
Thursday, Feb 08, 2018“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.”
George Washington Carver
American botanist and inventor.
(1860s - 1943)
Wednesday, Feb 07, 2018“My slogan is 'Why Not?' And that's the way I live.”
Russell Westbrook
(1988 - present)
American basketball player (OKC Thunder).
Tuesday, Feb 06, 2018“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”
Frederick Douglass
African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer and statesman.
(1818 - 1895)
Monday, Feb 05, 2018“If you don't back it up with performance and hard work , talking doesn't mean a thing.”
Michael Jordan
Generally agreed to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
(1963 - present)
Friday, Feb 02, 2018“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., ONH
Proponent of Black Nationalism in Jamaica and the United States.
(1887 - 1940)
Thursday, Feb 01, 2018“Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.”
Craig Graham Sager Sr.
Award winning sports reporter & member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
(1951 - 2016)
