Best African Sayings

934 African quotes by 620 unique authors

Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team. — Bob Cousy
People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at… — Bob Cousy
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense… — Benjamin Banneker
There is an old African proverb that says if you want to go quickly, go alone, if you want to go far, go together. We… — Al Gore
All great religions, in order to escape absurdity, have to admit a dilution of agnosticism. It is only the savage, whether of the African bush… — H. L. Mencken
The experience of [the African] bishops is that evangelization itself should be foremost, that the God of Jesus Christ must be known, believed in and… — Pope Benedict XVI
When women got the vote, they did not redefine voting. When African-Americans got the right to sit at a lunch counter alongside white people, they… — Cynthia Nixon
In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology — Barack Obama
Well, I'm a daughter of the great migration as, really, the majority of African Americans that you meet in the north and west are products… — Isabel Wilkerson
A growing number of Muslims in America, more than 40 percent are African-American — Unknown Author
Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy as well as the… — Achille Mbembe
You know there's an old african proverb that i made up. if you want to go quickly, go alone. if you want to go far,… — Al Gore
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he… — A. Whitney Brown
We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of individual groups or… — Unknown Author
African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White women of the same age. Survival rates are worse… — Frank C. Garland
A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which… — Abdoulaye Wade
It's often said that you learn more from defeat than victory and the RNC has certainly taken that to heart. After difficult losses in 2012,… — Alice Stewart
Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the problems of race in America, because, frankly, if you've got 50 percent of… — Barack Obama
How is this any different than the big boat argument of people when it came to African-Americans after the Civil War, decided, 'Put them on… — Chris Matthews
Majority of the African countries are now enjoying stable governance. Before you talk about economic growth, political stability is key. — Goodluck Jonathan
Believe that you can make a difference; in fact, you do with every single choice you make. Your money is your power and each time… — Lizzie Borden
Our responsibility as Christians makes us tremble. The northern hemisphere, the developed area of the world, the 20% who possess 80% of the world's resources,… — HÃ©lder CÃ¢mara
An environmental revolution is taking shape in the United States. This revolution has touched communities of color from New York to California and from Florida… — Robert D Bullard
African Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do. — William J. Clinton
You can go to Japan, China, all the European, African, Arab, and South American countries, and man, they know me. I can't name a nation… — Muhammad Ali

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