--- title: "4 Na'im Akbar Quotes - Famous Academic" description: "psychologist... | Na'im Akbar is an American scholar, public speaker, and author known for his Afrocentric approach to psychology. Akbar entered the wor..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-na-im-akbar-71487.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Na'im Akbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-na-im-akbar-71487.jpg) # Na'im Akbar (1944) Academic **4** quotes in **16** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Na'im Akbar is an academic. ## Quick Facts About Na'im Akbar Born April 26, 1944 Profession Academic ## About Na'im Akbar psychologist... \| Na'im Akbar is an American scholar, public speaker, and author known for his Afrocentric approach to psychology. Akbar entered the world of Black psychology in the 1960s, as the Black Power Movement was gaining momentum. In the 1970s, Akbar published his first critiques of the Eurocentric psychologi ## Quotes by Na'im Akbar > [“Human beings are unable to be about the serious business of living and building societies if they feel compelled to always clown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/na-im-akbar/human-beings-are-unable-to-be-about-the-serious-business-of-living/) Na'im Akbar [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b7/na-im-akbar-71487_business_human-beings-are-unable-to-be-about-the_122883.jpg) > [“The implication of this is that the mind’s possibilities are limited by its concept of its potential.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/na-im-akbar/the-implication-of-this-is-that-the-mind-s-possibilities-are-limited/) Na'im Akbar [Psychology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/na-im-akbar-71487_psychology_the-implication-of-this-is-that-the-mind_135569.jpg) > [“When young Black boys learn that there are no limits to our possibilities on the basketball courts, we create the athletic genius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/na-im-akbar/when-young-black-boys-learn-that-there-are-no-limits-to-our/) Na'im Akbar [Basketball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basketball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/na-im-akbar-71487_basketball_when-young-black-boys-learn-that-there-a_2225194.jpg) > [“You must first be a king of your own personal kingdom. If you can't lead that kingdom on your own two feet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/na-im-akbar/you-must-first-be-a-king-of-your-own-personal-kingdom-if-you-can-t/) Na'im Akbar [King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/na-im-akbar-71487_king_you-must-first-be-a-king-of-your-own-per_2978026.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/na-im-akbar/#itemlist", "name": "Na'im Akbar Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Human beings are unable to be about the serious business of living and building societies if they feel compelled to always clown or entertain others. People do not take you seriously if you don't take yourself seriously. 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