“Your children need your presence more than your presents.”
Birthday
“A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.”
DeathAll Quotes by Jesse Jackson
“I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.”
Death“In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.”
Politics“Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.”
Change“I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.”
Best“The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one.”
Relationship“People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people's home lives, domestic stuff.”
Home“Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.”
Leadership“We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together. That is the new challenge of the new world... learning to co-exist and not co-annihilate.”
Learning“We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.”
Government“Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.”
Failure“So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear.”
Fear“We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.”
Dreams“Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.”
Car“Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.”
Dreams“On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.”
Change“At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.”
Fear“Keep hope alive!”
Hope“For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.”
Hope“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.”
Attitude