Twelve Things The Negro Must Do Quotes

“Just as love is a verb, so is faith.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“If it’s on your ass, it’s not an asset.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“What is your purpose? Why are you here? Start small and find out.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“people, a vast majority of people, are fakers and shakers when it comes to serving their God.               Sure, they may be able to quote scripture. They can clutch their Bibles and Torahs and Korans and put on the face of piety, but very few people actually live the truth of their faith.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“That said, I was under heavy scrutiny and attack for my views and my “religion” (which I call more spirituality than religion).”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“If you have no faith or religion nor a belief in God, then skip this chapter.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“Having standards isn’t really for anyone else. You should want to have them for yourself.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“What Burroughs is saying is that there is a time and place for everything, and far too many of us don’t know that.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“I know when I look good, I feel good. I know when I come home and my house is in order, everything else seems to fall into place for me. Shouldn’t we strive for that all of the time?”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“A lot of people endured a lot hardship, humiliation, suffering and pain. The least I can do is be my best, live my best life, and treat myself and my surroundings with respect.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“It was the same old stereotype—we were either ghetto or completely white-acting.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter

“High standards can be contagious. But it doesn’t necessarily happen through osmosis. Sometimes you have to budge people into doing the right thing—either by example or in a more obvious way.”
― Nannie Helen Burroughs, Twelve Things The Negro Must Do: With Special Commentary By Karen Hunter