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QUOTES
forKids”
”
Compiled by Katura J. Hudson
Illustrations by Howard Simpson
WORDS FOR KIDS TO LIVE BY
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Contents
Learning from the Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
Listening to the Elders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14
Believing in Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Being a Good Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34
Planning for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44
Building a Better World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 54
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 64
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Learningfrom the
Animals
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Let the elephant fell the trees,
Let the bushpig dig the holes,
Let the mason wasp fill in the walls,
Let the giraffe put up the roof,Then we’ll have a house.
-- Zaire
By going and coming, a bird weaves its nest.
-- Ashanti proverb
5
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Don’t lay it on the cow when the milk
goes sour.
-- Traditional
When spider webs unite, they can tie
up a lion.
-- Ethiopian proverb
6
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Do not be like the mosquito that bites
the owner of the house.-- Liberian proverb
7
When the mouse laughs at the cat,
there is a hole nearby.
-- Nigerian proverb
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The monkey does not see his own hind
parts; he sees his neighbors’.
-- Zimbabwean proverb
8
Rooster makes more racket than the
hen that lays the egg.-- Guinea proverb
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No elephant ever found its trunk
too heavy.
-- Zulu
9
The monkey, having one day eaten too
much, desires that his fore-teethbe drawn.
-- Yoruba
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The dog has four feet, but he does not
walk them in four roads.
-- Haitian proverb
10
By trying often, the monkey learns to
jump from the tree.-- Cameroon proverb
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The slowest camel in the caravan sets
the pace.
-- Somalia
11
A cow that has no tail should not try to
chase away flies.-- Guinea proverb
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It’s nothing to lead the snake to school.
Making it sit down is the hard part.
-- Haitian proverb
12
Some birds avoid the water.
Ducks seek it.-- Nigerian proverb
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Afro-mation
Animals have much to teach us.
We must take the time to learn
from them.
-- Langston
13
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Listening tothe Elders
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The small child looks everywhere and
sees nought; but the old man sitting on
the ground sees everything.
-- Senegal
The situation of our youth is not
mysterious. Children have never been
very good at listening to their elders,
but they have never failed
to imitate them.
--James Baldwin 1961
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16
Let’s not get too full of ourselves.
Let’s leave space for God to come into
the room.
-- Quincy Jones
The way to make a mountain out of a
molehill is to keep on adding dirt.
-- Anonymous
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17
In every difficulty you can find
an opportunity.
-- Traditional
You can’t hold a man down without staying
down with him.-- attributed to Booker T. Washington
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If there is no struggle there is no progress.
-- Frederick Douglass
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own under-
standing. In all thy ways acknowledge
Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
--Proverbs 3:5-6
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When your hand is in leopard’s mouth,
be careful how you pull it out.
-- Liberia
I learned that no matter what you may
or may not have, as perceived by a
misguided community about what is
valuable, people understand hard work
and talent - and it can prevail.
-- Maxine Waters
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The man who views the world at fiftythe same as he did at twenty has
wasted thirty years of his life.
-- Muhammad Ali
The one being carried does not realize
how far away the town is.-- Nigerian proverb
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If you don’t have the best of everything,
make the best of everything you have.
-- Anonymous
The fruit must have a stem before it grows.-- Jabo proverb (Liberia)
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A blind man may hear more
than you see.
-- South Africa
Give some people an inch and they
think they’re a ruler.
-- Anonymous
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Afro-mation
Grandma likes to tell stories about
the old days. I like to listen , too,
because I learn about my family
and my history.
-- Glo
23
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BelievinginYourself
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I am/I can.
-- Graffiti in Harlem
25
I have learned that sucess is to bemeasured not so much by the position
that one has reached in life as by the
obstacles which one has to overcome
while trying to succeed.
-- Booker T. Washington
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I used to want the words “She tried” on
my tombstone. Now I want “She did it.”
-- Katherine Dunham
26
If you have no confidence in self, youare twice defeated in the race of life.
With confidence, you have won even
before you have started.
-- Marcus Garvey
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I’m a cute little girl with cute little
figure, But step back, stay ‘way, boys,
‘til I get a little bigger.
-- playground rhyme
27
A man can get along if he has faith inthe goodness of other people ...and
believes in himself.
-- Roy Wilkins
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The most important challenge in my
life is to always test the limits of my
abilities, do the best job I can at the
time while remaining true to myself.
-- Dr. Mae C. Jemison
28
I don’
t think I was courageous. I think Iwas determined.
-- Daisy Bates
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Never accept the negative thought, “I
can’t make it because I’m black.”
You can’t concede defeat before you
even start.
-- James Earl Jones
29
I can accept failure.Everyone fails at something.
But I cannot accept not trying.
-- Michael Jordan,“I Can
’t Accept Not Trying
”1994
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We are troubled on every side, yet not
distressed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; persecuted, but not forsaken;
cast down, but not destroyed.
-- II Corinthians 4:8-9
30
Detest anything less than doing your best.
-- overheard at the Million Man March
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Excellence is to do a common thing in
an uncommon way.-- Booker T. Washington
31
To be a great champion you must
believe you are the best. If you’re not,
pretend you are.
-- Muhammad Ali
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God works in me to will and to do
whatever he wishes me to do. God
cannot fail. Therefore I cannot fail.
-- written in a private journal
32
The human being is transformed by
where his mind goes,
not where his body goes.
-- Naiim Akbar
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Afro-mation
I know I can do it!
I know I can do it!
Believing that is the first step
in accomplishing my goal.
-- Stef
33
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34
Being a
Good Friend
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To give to thy friend is not to cast away,
it is to store for the future.
-- Swahili
35
A man that hath friends must shew
himself friendly; and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother.
--Proverbs 18:24
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One man you can trust is better than
an army of cowards.
-- Egypt
36
The friends of our friends
are our friends.
-- Congolese folk saying
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Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.
-- Golden rule
37
Equals make the best friends.
-- Aesop, “The Two Pots”
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man
sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
-- Proverbs 27:17
38
Friendship that is kept up only while
eyes see does not go to the heart.
-- Yoruba
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Help others and you help yourself.
-- Dave Dinwiddie, “My Father”
39
An enemy slaughters, a friend distributes.
-- Fulfulde proverb
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A good friend is one who praises you
when you’re not there.
-- Yoruba
40
Love your neighbor as you love yourself.
-- Luke 10:27
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You give little when you give of your
possessions. It is when you give of
yourself that you truly give.
-- Khalil Gibran
41
Friendship can neither
be bought nor sold.-- Morocco
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Friend! It is a common word, often
lightly used. Like other good and
beautiful things, it may be tarnished by
careless handling.-- Harriet Jacobs,
“Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl”
42
We are inevitably our brother’s keeper
because we are our brother’s brother.-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”
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Afro-mation
If you want to have a friend,
You must be a friend.
-- Nandi
43
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Planning
for the
Future
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There is no reason to repeat bad history.
-- Eleanor Holmes Norton
45
The issue is no longer where you sit on
the bus or whether you can drive it; it’s
whether you can develop the capital to
own the bus company.
-- William H. Gray III
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A lazy man will wait ‘til easy work
comes his way.
-- Traditional
46
If you do not know where you are
going, any road will take you there.
-- Anonymous
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The best time to do a thing is when it
can be done.
-- William Pickens
47
It is quite easy to shout slogans, to sign
manifestos, but it is quite a different
matter to build, manage, command,
spend days and nights seeking the
solution of problems.
-- Patrice Lumumba
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While I was sleepng in my bed there,
things were happening in the world
that directly concerned me - nobody
asked me, consulted me - they just
went out and did things, and changed
my life.
-- Lorraine Hansberry
“Raisin in the Sun”
48
Where there is a road,
people have passed before.
-- Kimbundu
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You’re either part of the solution or
you’re part of the problem.
-- attributed to Eldridge Cleaver
49
Yesterday can take care of itself.
-- Traditional
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Some people are your relatives but
others are your ancestors, and you
choose the ones you want to have as
ancestors. You create yourself out of
those values.
--Ralph Ellison
50
Don’t forget where you came from.
-- Anonymous
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I don’t want you to praise me ... Some
praise me because I am a colored girl
and I don’t want that kind of praise.
I had rather you would point out
my defects, for that will teach
me something.
-- Edmonia Lewis
51
While the sun shines, get firewood for
the night.
-- Zambia
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Do not look where you fell,
but where you slipped.
-- Vai
52
Many people worry, but they don’t
do anything about it.
-- Pearl Bailey
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Afro-mation
To have a sucessful future, I know
I must prepare for it.
-- Robo
53
B ildi
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Building a
Better Word
R E C Y C L
E
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Count your blessings -- not your troubles.
-- Traditional
55
We must not, in trying to think about
how we can make a big difference
ignore the small daily differences we
can make, which over time,add up to big differences that we often
cannot foresee.
-- Marian Wright Edelman
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No race can prosper ‘til it learns that
there is as much dignity in tilling a field
as in writing a poem.
-- Booker T. Washington
56
We must find an alternative
to violence. The eye for an eye
philosophy leaves everybody blind.
-- Dr. Martin Luther King,
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Before healing others, heal thyself.
-- Wolof proverb
57
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness
is the attribute of the strong.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
The price of hating other human
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If people around you aren’t going any-
where, if their dreams are no bigger
than hanging out on the corner or
they’re dragging you down, get rid of
them. Negative people can sap yourenergy so fast and they can take your
dreams from you, too.
-- Magic Johnson
58
The price of hating other human
beings is loving oneself less.
-- Eldridge Cleaver
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It’s hard to talk about yourself all day...
You learn when you’re with other
ideas, other books, other friends.
Talking about yourself can’t advance
your life.
-- Yannick Noah
59
Starting a war is easy. Ending it is not.
-- Egypt
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Nobody can do everything,
but everybody can do something,
and if everybody does something,
everything will get done.
-- Gil Scott Heron
60
It is not enough to learn the truth
unless you also learn to live it.
-- Traditional
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Remember to forgive -- then remember
to forget.
-- Source Unknown
61
Doing what’s right today means no
regrets tomorrow.
-- Anonymous
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As we have opportunity,
let us do good to all.
-- Galatians 6:10
62
Our purpose on earth is not to get used
to the dark, but to shine as lights.
-- The Daily Word
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Afro-mation
I lend a hand wherever I can. I’m
helping to make a better world.
-- Tura
63
Acknowledgments
Katura J Hudson
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Katura J. Hudsoncompiler
Katura J. Hudson earned her B.A. in American Studies from Douglass College,
Rutgers University in 1998. A native of East Orange, New Jersey, she is a media rela-
tions coordinator for a major foundation headquartered in New York City. This is her
first published book.
Howard Simpson
illustrator and designer
Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Howard Simpson began his art career bydrawing storyboards for Action News and Accu Weather while studying at Temple
University’s Tyler School of Art. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and children.
The Quotations
The quotes listed in this book come from a variety of sources and the oral traditionof African American public speaking. Traditional sayings are attributed to various
regions, languages or ethnic groups on the continent of Africa, ie. Vai, Liberia,
Yoruba, Swahili, Morocco, etc. Many of the individuals quoted are contemporary
public figures or notable persons in African American culture. Wherever possible the
editor has noted the exact context of the quotations and gratefully acknowledges
these sources.