Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Cheap Labor, Never Cheap, Person Who Performs It, Audre Lorde

“Cheap labor is never cheap for the person who performs it.” - Audre Lorde, Commencement address, Oberlin College, May 29, 1989

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 142.

Monday, May 4, 2026

Find Yourself, Face the Truth, Pearl Bailey

“You never find yourself until you face the truth.” - Pearl Bailey

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 37.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Not Feel Hopeless, Do Something, Barack Obama

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” ― Barack Obama

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6356.Barack_Obama.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Secret, Success, Give Up, Wilma Mankiller

“The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.” – Wilma Mankiller (1945-2010) was a Native American activist, community organizer, and social worker. She was the first woman elected as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

Found at "15 Inspiring Quotes from Indigenous Peoples" at https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/inspiring-quotes-from-indigenous-peoples/.