black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

Jesse Jackson

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
JESSE JACKSON

Development God Myself Patience Perfection
Your children need your presence more than your presents.
JESSE JACKSON

Children Need Presence Present Time Yourself
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
JESSE JACKSON

Challenge Leadership Moral
I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
JESSE JACKSON

Myself Philosophy Talk
I’m too mature to be angry.
JESSE JACKSON

Angry Myself One Liner
When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.
JESSE JACKSON

Black Depression Oppression
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 JACKSON

Myself Time Yourself
I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.
JESSE JACKSON

Leadership Myself Path
When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn’t put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
JESSE JACKSON

Hands Myself Religious
The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.
JESSE JACKSON

Business Make Up Old Peace Person Woman Young
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.
JESSE JACKSON

Dream Freedom Government Inspirational Limitation Right
Giuliani has certainly set a climate for permissiveness of violence and mean police behavior.
JESSE JACKSON

Attitude Oppression Violence
A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
JESSE JACKSON

Generosity Live Value Yourself
We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
JESSE JACKSON

Anger Development Discipline Expression Fundamental Ourselves Willing
If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.
JESSE JACKSON

Forgiveness Heart Joy Lost Myself
We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
JESSE JACKSON

Dream Impossible Inspirational Ourselves

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Jesse Jackson Quotes