Motivational Quotes (In Honor of Black History Month)

Happy Motivational Monday! In honor of Black History Month, here are 15 motivational quotes that I love!

1. Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. ~ Cicely Tyson
2. If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important and you do that by being genuine and humble. ~ Nelson Mandela
3. “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
 ~ Dr. Mae Jemison
4. “Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing in it.” ~ Jesse Owens
5. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” ~ Harriet Tubman
6. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” ~ Barack Obama
7. “You have to know what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world.” -Ophrah Winfrey 
8. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” ~ Fredrick Douglass
9. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” ~ Muhammad Ali
10. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style.” ~ Maya Angelou
11. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” ~ Booker T. Washington
12. “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” ~ Langston Hughes
13. “If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.” ~ Beyonce Knowles
14. “We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.” ~ Jesse Owens
15. “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ~ Lena Horne 

I love motivational quotes. They make you think and give meaning to goals you are trying to achieve. The voices of the past and present will always live on and we can learn from them.