Jesse Jackson > Quotes

“If my mind can conceive it,
My heart can believe it,
I know I can achieve it!”
― Jesse Jackson

“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

“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Your children need your presence more than your presents.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.”
― Jesse Jackson

“The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt”
― Jesse Jackson

“Don't look down on somebody unless you are helping them up.”
― Jesse Jackson

“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

“A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don't cry about what you don't have. Use what you got.”
― Jesse Jackson

“When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn't put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.”
― Jesse Jackson Jr.

“Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow -- red, yellow, brown, black and white -- and we're all precious in God's sight.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Hold your head high, stick your chest out. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn't make it a biscuit.”
― Jesse Jackson

“never look down on somebody unless you are helping them up”
― Jesse Jackson

“I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Never look down on anyone unless you're helping him up”
― Jesse Jackson

“If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.”
― Jesse Jackson

“When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.”
― Jesse Jackson

“If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Never look down on people unless you are helping them up.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Quand nous sommes au chômage, nous sommes traités de paresseux ; quand les Blancs sont au chômage, ça s'appelle une dépression”
― Jesse Jackson

“Never look down on someone unless you're helping them up.”
― Jesse Jackson

“Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.”
― Jesse Jackson