Better Quote by Opal Tometi

You have to be resilient to be a black person in America. The thing about being resilient is being able to fall apart and…

— Teyonah Parris

To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend.

— Lena Waithe

Black people are achievers; we're survivors.

— Roxie Roker

I have a lot of love for the resilience personified in so many achievements made by Americans. I feel not American when that idea…

— Tavi Gevinson

The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral part of…

— Opal Tometi

We look at the African-American community, for a long time those of us who be considered strong - black men - for whatever reason,…

— Ryan Coogler

That one lesson that African American communities have learned over the centuries in America is that you can't just take for granted that things…

— Ben H. Winters

After decades of persistent, courageous advocacy - often at risk to their own lives, livelihoods, and safety - African Americans succeeded in securing their…

— Abigail Spanberger

Human beings have enormous resilience.

— Muhammad Yunus

“Resilience is not just built in individuals. It is built among individuals—in our neighborhoods, schools, towns, and governments. When we build resilience together, we…

— Sheryl Sandberg

One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. It comes from gratitude for what’s good in our lives and from leaning…

— Sheryl Sandberg