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Harriet Tubman - I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land. Template
Fannie Lou Hamer - Nobody’s until everybody’s Template
Pharrell Williams - The day we were free—everyone was free. Why not make it a paid holiday? We deserve that…We want a day that is inclusive to everyone. Template
Maya Angelou - You may kill me with your hatefulness. But still, like air, I’ll rise. Template
Colin Kaepernick - I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color. Template
Frederick Douglass - I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. Template
Rosa Parks - I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free. Template
James Brown - Say it loud. I’m black and I’m proud! Template
Dr. Greg Carr - Every June 19th is an opportunity for us to continue the momentum of memory, and the parade and the self-determination movements. Template
Abraham Lincoln - Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Template
Paulo Coelho - One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. Template
Jim Ryun - Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Template
Karen Lamb - A year from now, you may wish you had started today. Template
Doe Zantamata - Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today. Template
Fred Hampton - If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don’t deserve to win. Template
Martin Luther King Jr. - Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Template
Malcolm X - You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Template
Abu Bakr - It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. Template
Toni Morrison - Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. Template
Shirley Chisholm - In the end, anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism. Template
Mary Oliver - It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world. Template
D.L. Hughley - No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning. Template
Robert Orben - Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work. Template
George Lorimer - You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to bed with satisfaction. Template
Lou Holtz - Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it. Template
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Light tomorrow with today. Template
Denise Brennan-Nelson - Someday is not a day of the week. Template
Bernard Williams - There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Template
John Wooden - Make today your masterpiece. Template
Steve Maraboli - When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully. Template
Terri Guillemets - Every morning is a beautiful morning. Template
River Phoenix - It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else’s sexuality. It’s like telling someone else how to clean their house. Template
Howard Dean - From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people. Template
E. B. White - I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. Template
Sylvia Rivera - We have to do it because we can no longer stay invisible. We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are. Template
Gina Rodriguez - Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat: “Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will. Template
Elizabeth Gilbert - To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous. Template
Joyce Meyers - God's mercy is fresh and new every morning
Mahatma Gandhi - Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening. Template
George Washington Carver - Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. Template
Jim Carrey - I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‘Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.' Template
Larry King - I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So, if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening. Template
Marsha P. Johnson - Darling, I want my gay rights now. Template
F. Sionil Jose - When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day. Template
Paul Henderson - I get up every morning and it’s going to be a great day. You never know when it’s going to be over, so I refuse to have a bad day. Template
Dorothy Parker - Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common. Template
Harry Winston - People will stare. Make it worth their while. Template
Dolly Parton - I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet. Template
RuPaul - We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it. Template
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs - I am proud that I found the courage to deal the initial blow to the hydra of public contempt. Template
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