Kwanzaa Quotations

I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

In all things social we can be as seperate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

My white girl Veronica, black girl Monica, Got me celebrating Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa-kah, Rocking dashikis with a yarmulke.

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.

If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.

Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.

We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.

I was very disappointed, very disappointed when President [George W.] Bush proclaimed Kwanzaa as a national holiday. Prior to that, Bill Clinton did the same thing.

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

Unity, to be real, must stand the severest strain without breaking.