Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Life is precious and should never be taken for granted."
James Meredith
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"Life's greatest lessons come from hardship."
James Meredith
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"Every moment we choose to be present is a moment we choose to truly live."
Andrew Goodman
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"Life is what happens while we are making other plans."
John Lewis
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"Life is a struggle, but struggle makes us human."
H. Rap Brown
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"The greatest tragedy is not death, but a life unlived."
James Chaney
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"The worth of a life is measured in the impact it has on others."
Medgar Evers
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"To live is to struggle, to struggle is to grow."
Medgar Evers
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"Life's value is measured in impact, not possessions."
H. Rap Brown
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"I learned to measure my life not by ease but by meaning."
James Meredith
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"The test of character is not what you do when the world is watching, but when it's not."
James Meredith
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"To be alive is to be called to something greater than oneself."
Viola Liuzzo
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"To live authentically is to live for something beyond oneself."
Viola Liuzzo
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"I stand before you today to testify that life is inexplicably precious."
John Lewis
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"Life itself is a form of resistance"
H. Rap Brown
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"Your life is your own responsibility."
Assata Shakur
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"Life is a continuous struggle for liberation."
Assata Shakur
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"Life is too short to waste on prejudice and fear."
Viola Liuzzo
"The life we imagine is possible when we organize collectively."
Black Panther Party
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"A life lived in compromise is a life half-lived."
Medgar Evers
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"In a real sense all life is inter-related."
John Lewis
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"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns."
John Lewis
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"I have found that life exerts its greatest pull in the simple moments of being."
John Lewis
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"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."
Angela Y. Davis
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"The measure of a man is not where he stands but the direction he is moving."
Stokely Carmichael
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"Life is a struggle worth fighting."
Assata Shakur
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"All of us live within intersecting circles and hills we must navigate."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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"We are not monoliths, and our experiences are not interchangeable."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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"To be human is to navigate multiple identities and positions."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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"The struggle for justice is a lifelong journey, not a destination."
Angela Y. Davis