Quotes for Kids Compiled by Katura J. Hudson Illustrations by Howard Simpson
You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
— attributed to Booker T. Washington
The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
— Muhammad Ali
If you don’t have the best of everything, make the best of everything you have.
–Anonymous
A man can get along if he has faith in the goodness of other people and believes in himself.
— Roy Wilkins
I don’t think I was courageous. I think I was determined.
–Daisy Bates
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
– Golden rule
If you want to have a friend. You must be a friend.
–Nandi
The best time to do a thing is when it can be done.
– William Pickens
Yesterday can take care of itself.
–Traditional
Many people worry. but they don’t do anything about it.
– Pearl Bailey
To have a successful future. I know I must prepare for it.
— Robo
Count your blessings not your troubles.
–Traditional
We must find an alternative to violence. The eye for an eye philosophy leaves everybody blind.
–Dr. Martin Luther King
No race can prosper 'til it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
– Booker T. Washington
Before healing others, heal thyself.
- Wolof proverb