“As a political weapon, it has helped me for 30 years defend the rights of American Blacks and third-world people all over the world, to defend them with protest songs. To move the audience to make them conscious of what has been done to my people around the world.”
"You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served."
- Nina Simone
Love
"You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer being served."
- Nina Simone
Love
"To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense."
- Nina Simone
Belief in Self
"It's a new dawn, It's a new day, It's a new life for me. And I'm feeling good."
- Nina Simone
New Beginnings
"It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me, and I’m feeling good."
- Nina Simone
New Beginnings
"The Lord is sending more exceptional spirits to earth. As a body they excel the average capacity of their forebears. Their potential for personal growth and positive contribution is enormous."
- Elder Richard G. Scott
Empowerment
"As leaders of the Church, there isn’t anything in this world we wouldn’t do that’s right for you. We have great confidence in you. You are not just ordinary young men and young women. You are choice spirits, many of you having been held back in reserve for almost 6,000 years to come forth in this day, at this time, when the temptations, responsibilities, and opportunities are the very greatest."
- President Ezra Taft Benson
Empowerment
"Women challenge the status quo because we are never it."
- Cindy Gallop
Empowerment
"We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do."
- Arlan Hamilton
Empowerment
"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."
- Oprah Winfrey
Empowerment