“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.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 37.
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Don't Give Up, Love, Inspiration, Wrong, Ella Fitgerald
"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." — Ella Fitzgerald, African-American Jazz singer
Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=12.
Found on Beliefnet.com at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=12.
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.
Found on
Friday, May 1, 2026
Tell Me, Teach Me, Involve Me, Benjamin Franklin
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/289513.Benjamin_Franklin.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/289513.Benjamin_Franklin.
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/.
Found at "15 Inspiring Quotes from Indigenous Peoples" at https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/inspiring-quotes-from-indigenous-peoples/.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
If It's Wrong, They Do It, We Do It, Noam Chomsky
“If it's wrong when they do it, it's wrong when we do it.” ― Noam Chomsky
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2476.Noam_Chomsky.
Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2476.Noam_Chomsky.
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