1. Marilyn Mosby - "You cant allow other people to define your purpose or your destiny."

2. Janice Bryant Howroyd - "Whatever you do in life, do enough to bless someone besides yourself."

3. Ursula Burns - "I didn't learn to be quiet when I had an opinion. The reason they knew who I was is because, I told them."

4. Andrew Young - Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but as black and white together."

5. Laurence Fishburne - I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind. We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit."

6. Samuel L. Jackson - "People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you."

7. Morgan Freeman - "Challenge yourself; its the only part that leads to growth."

8. James Earl Jones - "Keep pushing for progress. Progress in your own life, and Progress in the people around you. Keep pushing for it."

9. Wesley Snipe - "He who buys what he does not need, steals from himself."

10. Janet Jackson - "In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."

11. Chris Rock - "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

12. Chris Tucker - "Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can."

13. Leslie Jones - "There is no such thing as getting anything easy. Trust and believe. Even if you're good at that you do, you still should be practicing, you still should be updating, especially. Because if you don't update, you become a dinosaur."

14. Jermaine Fowler - "I do everything with a purpose, and I don't really pay attention to the negativity."

15. Arsenio Hall - "I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true."

16. Kenya Barris - "Black, White, Rich, Poor - we galvanize through the hard times. We really see it happen in relationships. In the best and worst of those moments, you come together, and you look for your tribe."

17. Jamie Foxx - "You are what you repeatedly do when things get hard."

18. Tyra Banks - "Never dull your shine for somebody else."

19. O'Shea Jackson(Ice cube) - "I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing." "Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide."

20. Vanessa Bell Calloway - "My motto is: look your best, feel your best, but most of all, be your best at any age."

21. John Amos - "It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype."

22. Cedric Antonio Kyles(Cedric the Entertainer) - "Its a big world we live in and people have a choice to love who they love."

23. Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne - first African-American female to hold the rank of Rear Admiral (RDML) in the United States Navy.

24. Will Smith - "Racism is not getting worse, its just getting filmed."

25. Don Lemon - "You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices."

26. Sheila Jackson Lee - "Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith."

27. April Ryan - "Let me say this: I'm not a street fighter, but there's a street game. All you've got to do is sit and watch and you know how to play it."

28. Van Jones - "Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength - and win a better future for generations to come."

29. Eddie Murphy - " I have always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself."

30. Kevin Hart - "The beauty of me is I'm always going to ask. I'll never not ask."

31. Tracy Morgan -" If there's one thing I've learned in my life, its that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people."

32. Rev Al Sharpton - "No matter who you are, who you love or what you believe, everyone is entitled to equal treatment under the law. That's why I believe businesses should be #openTAll."

33. Senator Tim Scott - "If you're looking for the closest thing to magic in America, its education. "

34. Bakari Sellers - " There would not be a Hillary Clinton or a Barack Obama if it were not for the bravery of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, who ran for president in 1972 under the slogan "Unbought and Unbossed".

35. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm - "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair."

36. Regina King - Its an honest place to be if you don't understand someone else's experience, but there is no way for the other to understand if a conversation or an explanation isn't made."

37. Queen Latifah - "Beauty is not a white girl. Its so many different flavors and shades."

38. Jill Scott - "I think every individual has his or her own power, and its a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is." "Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and its forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it."

39. Kerry Washington - "I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life."

40. Nia Long - "Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No"".

41. Anthony Anderson - "Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalize on it."

42. Eve Jihan Jeffers - " I don't let people tell me what to do, and I never wanted to be a groupie."

43. J. B. Smoove - "We haven't got a lot of time to achieve things and if you sit there and dwell on some shit that isn't gonna matter in a month or two, it will F**k your shit up."

44. Shaquille O'Neal - "The only person who can really motivate you is you." "I never worry about the problem, I worry about the solution."

45. Mia Love - " Difficult things are not easy, but they are worth it."

46. Symone D. Sanders - "Young folk in industries where oftentimes there's not a lot of people that look like them should strive to blaze trails."

47. Nina Simone - "Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking."

48. Nia-Malika Henderson - Be yourself everywhere from newsroom's to boardrooms.

49. Sara Snider - Courageous and conscientious reporting the BLM, Pandemic, and societal issues.

50. Abby Philips - Courageous and conscientious reporting in the face of adversity.

51. Omar Jimenez - Courageous and conscientious reporting in the face of adversity.

52. Maxine Waters - "I've been in this struggle for many years now. I understand racism. I understand that there are a lot of people in this country who don't care about the problems of the inner city. We have to fight every day that we get up for every little thing that we get. And so I keep struggling."