Black Quote by Audre Lorde

It is axiomatic that if we do not define ourselves for ourselves, we will be defined by others-for their use and to our detriment.

— Audre Lorde

Women don't have to be defined by others. We have the power to define ourselves: by telling our own stories, in our own words,…

— Sarah Kay

“Resisting the stereotypes and affirming other definitions of themselves is part of the task facing young Black women in both White and Black communities.”

— Beverly Daniel Tatum

“Define yourself or others will define you!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“We live not for ourselves, but for others. What we make of ourselves we make not for ourselves, but for others…”

— Hans Fallada

“Never define yourself in the eyes of others, only u will and should define you.”

— Jessica Lynn Pereplyotchik

“We don’t have to allow ourselves to be defined by the labels imposed on us. We get to define ourselves.”

— Lizzie Velásquez

I'm convinced that if we don't define ourselves, other people will do it for us, and inaccurately.

— Hasan M. Elahi

“Above all else, our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not…

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

For black women our sense of ourselves is not always consistent with the way other people see us.

— Jami Floyd

“Black women who define ourselves and our goals beyond the sphere of a sexual relationship can bring to any endeavor the realized focus of…

— Audre Lorde

“We are not born women of color. We become women of color. In order to become women of color, we would need to become…

— M. Jacqui Alexander