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Jesse Jackson is a civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was born in Greenville, South Carolina.
He started his career in the late 1960s as part of various anti-discrimination movements. He became famous in 1968 after his speech at the Democratic National Convention, and later that year, he founded Operation Breadbasket to create economic opportunities for African Americans.
In 1984, he ran for President of the United States with a campaign based on moral values, human rights, and social justice. His every quote will keep you going and give you the confidence to achieve your dreams. Stay determined and positive.
33 Inspirational Jesse Jackson Quotes
1. “Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rather than pushed by our memories.” ― Jesse Jackson
2. “If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.” ― Jesse Jackson
3. “You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.” ― Jesse Jackson
4. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.” ― Jesse Jackson
5. “There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps… then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” ― Jesse Jackson
6. “At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.” ― Jesse Jackson
7. “We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.” ― Jesse Jackson
8. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.” ― Jesse Jackson
9. “It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.” ― Jesse Jackson
10. “Your children need your presence more than your presents.” ― Jesse Jackson
11. “A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don’t cry about what you don’t have. Use what you got.” ― Jesse Jackson
12. “If my mind can conceive it, My heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it!” ― Jesse Jackson
13. “You cannot teach what you don’t know. You cannot give energy if you’re not on fire on the inside.” ― Jesse Jackson
14. “If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.” ― Jesse Jackson
15. “Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn’t make it a biscuit.” ― Jesse Jackson
16. “Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.” ― Jesse Jackson
17. “Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.” ― Jesse Jackson
18. “If my mind can conceive it, my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.” ― Jesse Jackson
19. “Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.” ― Jesse Jackson
20. “The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up.” ― Jesse Jackson
21. “No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there’s no future in riots.” ― Jesse Jackson
22. “If you and I got on an airplane, you’re going to L.A., Los Angeles, and I’m going to Senegal, we get there about the same time. The world is just that small. So a world that is so tightly bound by science and technology and now Internet and the web page, that world is too small for bullies. It has no room in that world for arrogance.” ― Jesse Jackson
23. “Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.” ― Jesse Jackson
24. “Faith lifted him above fear. The enemy can’t lock up faith. The enemy can’t bury faith. The enemy can’t steal faith. When it’s dark, you fight fate with faith.” ― Jesse Jackson
25. “Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet”
26. “No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to flee and fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.” ― Jesse Jackson
27. “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.” ― Jesse Jackson
28. “Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.” ― Jesse Jackson
29. “When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.” ― Jesse Jackson
30. “People like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.” ― Jesse Jackson
31. “If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.” ― Jesse Jackson
32. “It’s not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be – and so people here can coexist and live together.” ― Jesse Jackson
33. “We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.” ― Jesse Jackson
