I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.
JESSE JACKSONThe burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.
More Jesse Jackson Quotes
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
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No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
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When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
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Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet
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Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
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These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.
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I’m too mature to be angry.
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We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
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Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
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We began to talk about one’s faith and the storm.
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There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps… then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.
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From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
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