Some people feel like I’m arrogant. It’s unfortunate, because people don’t know my heart.
BERNICE KINGYou will encounter misguided people from time to time. That’s part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.
More Bernice King Quotes
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When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
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Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.
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The time has long since come for truth, transparency, and talks in every sector of society, including media, advertisement and entertainment. We can challenge each other, gain understanding, and create a more just, humane, and peaceful world.
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One person cannot be blamed for years of problems as it relates to race in America. This is something that has been with us since the founding of this nation. I mean, we were founded with slaves.
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As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.
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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.
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Before my mother was a King, she climbed trees and wrestled with boys. And won. Even as a child, Coretta Scott demonstrated that her gender would not deter her success, nor did it detract from her strength.
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The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
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When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother. We might very well have ended up on welfare.
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that’s my father.
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What I’m trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, ‘We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we’re going to perish as fools.’
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I wrestled with anger from the age of sixteen. It’s still one of my nemeses. I have to remember that the word of God says, ‘Be slow to anger.’
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Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.
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I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.
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Do we want to be successful, or do we just want to make noise just to make it? Or just to put something on the record? I’ll be honest with you, I’m tired of putting stuff on the record. I’m ready to see some real transformation and change.
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