Jesse Jackson

Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. And in the end, faith will not disappoint. Faith, hope, and dreams will prevail… Our time has come. Our time has come. Our time has come.

Jesse Jackson

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

Jesse Jackson

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Jesse Jackson

We live on the dash between our birth date and our death date.

Jesse Jackson

We must all learn a good lesson – how to live together.

Jesse Jackson

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

Jesse Jackson

We must renew the economy from the bottom up, not top down.

Jesse Jackson

We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain.

Jesse Jackson

You cannot teach what you don’t know. You cannot give energy if you’re not on fire on the inside.

Jesse Jackson

You must never stop dreaming. Face reality, yes. But don’t stop with the way things are; dream of things as they ought to be. Dream of peace. Peace is rational and reasonable. War is irrational in this age and unwinnable.

Jesse Jackson