 “If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there’s no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.” Marian Anderson |  “It takes a village to raise a child.” African Proverb |  “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb |
 “Faith, self determination, ujamaa, love, nia, beautiful, purpose, community, cooperative economics, creativity, umoja, collective work & responsibility, imani, unity, Kwanzaa, ujima, Nguzo Saba, family, kujichagulia.” |  “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” Audre Lorde |  “Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.” Nelson Mandela |
 “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |  “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” Maya Angelou |  “You must act as if it is impossible to fail.” Ashanti Proverb |
 “Have a vision. Be demanding.” Colin Powell |  “I am because we are.” Umoja |  “We will never know ourselves if we do not know our history.” Maulana Karenga |
 “One who loves you, loves you with your dirt.” African Proverb |  “It’s not what you call me, but what I answer to.” African Proverb |  “Kuumba – To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.” |
 “A speaker of truth has no friends.” African Proverb |  “Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Nia, Cujamaa, Kuumba, Imani, Happy Kwanzaa.” |  “Umoja – To strive for & maintain unity in the family, community, nation & race.” “Imani – To believe with all our heart in our people & the victory of our struggle.” |
 “The axe forgets what the tree remembers.” African Proverb |  “A clear conscience makes a soft pillow.” African Proverb |  “A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.” African Proverb |
