Inspirational Quotes for Black History Month

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Apr 5

Written By Laura McDonell

Looking for inspirational quotes for Black History Month? Scroll down for quotes from inspiring and influential people of colour.

Inspirational quote black history month michelle Obama — “Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” - Michelle Obama

quotes black history month viola Davis — “Your ability to adapt to failure, and
navigate your way out of it, absolutely,
one hundred percent makes you who
you are.” - Viola Davis

quote black history month audre Lorde — “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”
- Audre Lorde

quotes black history month Maya angelou — “In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” - Maya Angelou

quotes black history month inspirational Amanda Gorman — “For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
- Amanda Gorman

quotes black history month lupita nyongo — “For every little child, no matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid".”
- Lupita Nyong’o

quotes black history month Danielle finney anti racism — “Listening is always a good place to start.”
- Danielle Finney

quotes black history month Kamala Harris — “What I want young women and girls to know is: you are powerful and your voice matters.”
- Kamala Harris

quotes black history month dr. Mae Jamison African American astronaut female — “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
- Dr. Mae Jemison: First African American female astronaut

motivational quotes black history Martin Luther King Jr. — “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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It has been impossible and exhausting. I&r

I mean, really.

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IYKNK.

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I have a soft spot for books about girls and their grandfathers, and this bo

Maybe I’m feeling sentimental because it’s my anniversary weekend, but this quote from The Windsor Knot got me.

Even the Queen of England had her person who just “got” her. For like, 70 years.

Who is your person? 💕

In my next life, I want to be Leopold.

Leopold looooves to dance, and he gets to demonstrate this during his ballet dance classes. The much-anticipated recital is coming up, and Leopold is super excited!, until they’re told that they will be d

I finished Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister” and this has to be my favourite quote from the whole book. Does this not just immediately remind you of someone difficult in your life - a student, a loved one, a coworker - and make you

Nattiq and the Land of Statues is a beautiful book about a ringed seal (“nattiq”) who tells his Arctic friends of the north of the wonders that he saw in his travels south. 🦭

I love the interwoven Inuktitut words in this story. There i

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We love Nerdycorn and all of her unique interests. Have you read it!?

🦄 Author: @andrewrootbooks
🌈 Illustrator: @erin_kraan
🧬 Publisher: @beachlanebooks

Did you know that during National Poetry Month in April, National Poem in Your Pocket Day shares the way poetry brings joy by simply carrying a poem your pocket. When you share the poem, you'll bring joy to others.

Ummmm SIGN ME UP.

I think being

Posting this as a reminder to dance in the rain rather than whine about it! 🌧

It’s the first rainy afternoon of our cottage week and my husband I were struggling to think of something to do with the girls. We tried dancing, bubbles and even

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“You have to teach them over and over with a lot of love and patience. Some grandmothers are hard of hearing and some cannot see properly, so you have to go close to them and teach them again and again loudly.” - Sheetal Prakash More, a t

I lost my talk
The talk you took away.
When I was a little girl
At Shubenacadie school.

You snatched it away:
I speak like you
I think like you
I create like you
The scrambled ballad, about my word.

Two ways I talk
Both ways I say,
Your way is mo

“I have big feelings.
You have them, too.
How can I help?
What can we do?”

It’s all fun and games until big feelings clash and tumble and tug and compete. Alexandra Penfold does it again with this bright rhyming picture book abo

Oof. This is a hard one for me.

I have spent a lifetime trying to erase the element of “the unknown”. I wanted to make everything “known”, everything predictable, everything safe.

It has been impossible and exhausting. I&r

I mean, really.

I have a dream of becoming a librarian when I retire. 📚

Have you read American Dirt by @jeaninecummins? I loved it!

The Mess That We Made is a cumulative story (think “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly”). The way in which the words build and rhyme pulls readers right in (“This is the seal / That eats the fish / That swim in the mess that

IYKNK.

Have you read @kileyreid’s “Such A Fun Age”? It’s one of my fave reads this year.

This book is just so summer-y and bright and fresh and darling that I had to renew it three times from the library because I didn’t want to take it off the shelf. 🐚

I have a soft spot for books about girls and their grandfathers, and this bo

Maybe I’m feeling sentimental because it’s my anniversary weekend, but this quote from The Windsor Knot got me.

Even the Queen of England had her person who just “got” her. For like, 70 years.

Who is your person? 💕

In my next life, I want to be Leopold.

Leopold looooves to dance, and he gets to demonstrate this during his ballet dance classes. The much-anticipated recital is coming up, and Leopold is super excited!, until they’re told that they will be d

I finished Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister” and this has to be my favourite quote from the whole book. Does this not just immediately remind you of someone difficult in your life - a student, a loved one, a coworker - and make you

Nattiq and the Land of Statues is a beautiful book about a ringed seal (“nattiq”) who tells his Arctic friends of the north of the wonders that he saw in his travels south. 🦭

I love the interwoven Inuktitut words in this story. There i

Can I just say that I miss posting quotes? I was doing a bunch for a while but eventually had so many books that I wanted to share, I didn’t have the space for them in my feed. But I came across this quote in the book that I’m reading and

Can you guys believe I made it to July 12 before talking about Plastic-Free July?

I have about a bazillion things to say about this, but since I don’t have the capacity to say them all, I’ll let author-illustrator Alma Fullerton take the

Thanks @simonkids for the Nerdycorn craft inspiration! 🦄

We love Nerdycorn and all of her unique interests. Have you read it!?

🦄 Author: @andrewrootbooks
🌈 Illustrator: @erin_kraan
🧬 Publisher: @beachlanebooks

Did you know that during National Poetry Month in April, National Poem in Your Pocket Day shares the way poetry brings joy by simply carrying a poem your pocket. When you share the poem, you'll bring joy to others.

Ummmm SIGN ME UP.

I think being

Posting this as a reminder to dance in the rain rather than whine about it! 🌧

It’s the first rainy afternoon of our cottage week and my husband I were struggling to think of something to do with the girls. We tried dancing, bubbles and even

🇨🇦 Although Canada Day looked different for us this year, I still enjoy reading as many Canadian authors as I can during the month of July. Here’s a stack that we got from the library recently.

Who is your favourite Canadian children’

A fine motor post, if I may ☝🏼

The scratch cards at Dollarama are AWESOME for fine motor practice. I found these with five different designs 🦁 🦈 🐱 🐶 🦄 with two cards for each design. It was more than enough to keep little missy occupied for a

Imagine keeping a secret for 100 years?

Based on the true story of Canadian Clarence Brazier, this captivating story was written by Canadian author Roy MacGregor and his daughter Christine, and illustrated by Mathilde Cinq-Mars.

For 100 years, Clar

“You have to teach them over and over with a lot of love and patience. Some grandmothers are hard of hearing and some cannot see properly, so you have to go close to them and teach them again and again loudly.” - Sheetal Prakash More, a t

I lost my talk
The talk you took away.
When I was a little girl
At Shubenacadie school.

You snatched it away:
I speak like you
I think like you
I create like you
The scrambled ballad, about my word.

Two ways I talk
Both ways I say,
Your way is mo

“I have big feelings.
You have them, too.
How can I help?
What can we do?”

It’s all fun and games until big feelings clash and tumble and tug and compete. Alexandra Penfold does it again with this bright rhyming picture book abo

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