Motivational Quotes

The people will save their government,

if the government itself will allow them.

All these primary impulses,

not easily described in words,

are the springs of man's actions.

When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball,

I can only marvel at the many black players

who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because

they had nowhere else to go.

If the tongue had not been

framed for articulation,

man would still be a beast in the forest.

I’ve always been a bit of a dreamer.

If you’re twenty two,

physically fit,

hungry to learn and be better,

I urge you to travel — as far and as widely as possible.

Laughter is the only cure for grief.

Experience is the best teacher,

but sometimes it’s a harsh one.

I hate to advocate drugs,

alcohol,

violence,

or insanity to anyone,

but they’ve always worked for me.

Be inspired by others,

but never imitate them.

Be yourself;

everyone else is already taken.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart:

I am, I am, I am.

Great things in business are never done by one person.

They're done by a team of people.

I'm happy to be alive,

I'm happy to be who I am.

Important principles may,

and must,

be inflexible.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club

and in every minor league.

With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life,

we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in.

In baseball or out,

we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality

we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

War

An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy,

to accomplish our will.

You have to be passionate about what you do.