Destined Quote by Johnnetta B. Cole

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

the trouble with a woman standing behind her man is that she can't see where she is going!

— Johnnetta B. Cole

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you've received. If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you…

— Johnnetta B. Cole

The histories of the poor and the powerless are as important as those of their conquerors, their colonizers, their kings and queens.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

The more we pull together toward a new day, the less it matters what pushed us apart in the past.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

There are not many of us African American Sister Presidents, and those of us who are in this field do not have an easy…

— Johnnetta B. Cole

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people…

— Johnnetta B. Cole

Now, if you want to know my secret love, it is to be able to serve as an example.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach…

— Johnnetta B. Cole

racism is alive and doing too well in America.

— Johnnetta B. Cole