Best 12 quotes in «kwanzaa quotes» category

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

Do what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every day henceforth. Just do what you do. Live out your life and your traditions on your own terms. If it offends others, so be it. That's their problem.

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

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.

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

Many Americans celebrate both Christmas and Xmas. Others celebrate one or the other. And some of us celebrate holidays that, although unconnected with the [winter] solstice, occur near it: Ramadan, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

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.

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.

The [Kwanzaa] holiday, then will of necessity, be engaged as an ancient and living cultural tradition which reflects the best of African thought and practice in its reaffirmation of the dignity of the human person in community and culture, the well-being of family and community, the integrity of the environment and our kinship with it, and the rich resource and meaning of a people's culture.

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

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

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