Henry Johnson Jr Quotes & Sayings

To live, one must learn how to die, because when you die for ideas that will live. You live forever. — Henry Johnson Jr

The focus on Social Change and Social Justice do not signify an importance on proper political perspectives, or pre-eminence.The focus on Social Change and Social Justice foster our citizenship to a country. As Citizens of any society, we should be like neighbors bounded together by commonalities: common concerns and public cooperation in the quest for joint resolutions to our societal conflicts. — Henry Johnson Jr

When you killed a man because of his ideas, you make him lives FOREVER. — Henry Johnson Jr

A trusted man doesn't flip-flop on where he stands. He says what he means and stand where he stands.He's not easily influenced by fear. He's influenced by destiny and will not be taken advantage of. — Henry Johnson Jr

I am not living my life to impress anyone, not of a big head to degrade anyone, not of negative thoughts to influence anyone. But a positive mind to inspire the people that surrounds me and the world. — Henry Johnson Jr

Dependable human beings are not a resourceful one. — Henry Johnson Jr

Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like if we all got along. If there were no terrorism, Islamophobia, Western hypocrisy, corrupt government in African countries (especially Liberia), sexism, nativism, people like Donald Trump, stereotypes, war, Capitalism, Communism, Marxism and xenophobia. — Henry Johnson Jr

Women are not tools, strong women move mountain. Treat them with respect the way you would treat your president, father, daughter, son, sister or mom. Because without them humanity perish. — Henry Johnson Jr

I sometimes wonder where the world would have been if we didn't have corruption, racism, dictatorial leadership, international terrorism, armed conflict, the spread of infectious diseases, climate change, poverty, hunger and lack of drinking water, the caste system, tribalism, communism, international media propaganda, the Colonial Borders of Africa created by Europeans for their own gains, the Ignorance of the Books of Machiavelli, Hegel & Darwinism (You are either with us or against us) and Lack of Domestic Leadership Education. — Henry Johnson Jr

When you start (telling it like it is) speaking the truth, those who opposed it are part of the on-going problems that exist in any society. But it's always good to acknowledge the rebuttal of an opposition. Because the better rebuttal will often win the debate. — Henry Johnson Jr

Money does not buy you love, the heart does. Power does not buy you favor, 'WILL" does. Ignorance doesn't buy you"GOOD", the love of knowledge does. — Henry Johnson Jr

Fear is Torment. The one who fears is not build to LOVE. The one who loves is made free off fear. The perfect love ousts all fear. — Henry Johnson Jr

When we devalued women, we devalued humanity. — Henry Johnson Jr

A sacred soul Thus, within the cosmic creation proceed Life is precious as gold Death will come In a better place, where there's no earthly life
Eternity exist...God..... Judgement falls upon us
Nothing to minus and nothing to plus Only the truth
In a better place where there's no cuss They say tranquility exist here
No fuss
No sorrow
A better place with great yarrow It will come in the morrow
In present times Life is but a Dream — Henry Johnson Jr

A positive MIND is a solid WEAPON. — Henry Johnson Jr

One thing we forget to know is that failed states once had civil, constitutional laws that were put in place, when these laws don't work for all that's when dictatorship arises and injustices hugs the land, and prosperities becomes the luxury of the few, not the masses. — Henry Johnson Jr

If there's no sense of self, there's no sense of culture. If there's no sense of wisdom, there's no sense of progress. If there's no sense of love, there's no sense of peace. If there's no sense of peace, there's no sense of stability. If there's no room for freedom of expressions, there's no room for growth. — Henry Johnson Jr

An Educated Woman is an Empowered Woman. — Henry Johnson Jr

Always focus on the power of love than the love of power — Henry Johnson Jr

The greed of power drowns our ethics. — Henry Johnson Jr

Art is a positive "FORCE" that bring beings together for the common good. Only the people who had lost a piece of themselves can create the unimaginary. — Henry Johnson Jr

An Educated Mind is not easily Exploited — Henry Johnson Jr

A democracy that's constantly threatened by corruption is a democracy that's on the brink to fail. — Henry Johnson Jr

We should be working to live, not living to work. We have created this "individualistic culture" were living to work has been centered around material gains. Working to live is a better approach because it emphasis on the human experiences and the condition of living. — Henry Johnson Jr

Let's start a revolution, a revolution with no gun, but words and action to inspire the next generation. The truth should make us better human beings, it shouldn't create enemies out of ignorance. "IGNORANCE" got Liberia way, way back, because some of us were blind back then and failed to see the clear picture before. Before it was the Americo VS the Native. Today is corrupt educated or not so educated Liberian brothers and sisters against those people who they call illiterate. STAND FOR CHANGE AND SAY NO! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! — Henry Johnson Jr

Wisdom comes from allowing the truth to speak. — Henry Johnson Jr

If you are going to doubts, don't dream. If you are going to dream, don't doubt. If you are not dreaming, you are not really living. When we learn how to dream, we learn how to be FREE. — Henry Johnson Jr

The Church is the Heart, not the amount of Sunday services you attend because many people goes to church but still partake in Devilish acts. — Henry Johnson Jr

Where there is oppression, there would be oppositions. Where there is "Knowledge" there would be progression. Where there is "HATE" evil will always prevail. Where there is forgiveness, there's a better Future. Where there is ignorance, there's a lack of Wisdom. Change is an ongoing process. — Henry Johnson Jr

There's no Black, White, Asian, or Latinos. The only "RACE" is the "HUMAN-RACE". — Henry Johnson Jr

A world peace would always be impossible, but peace with yourself and others that you have differences with are the inner awareness of simple abundance. — Henry Johnson Jr

A country that denies it, citizens, the opportunity to "civil liberties", better health care, schools, roads, electricity and water. Is a country on a brink of no return. — Henry Johnson Jr

To love you would have to relate, you are a more perfect being if your own existence is logically impossible. — Henry Johnson Jr

In my life, I have come to realize that people are afraid of a revolution. A true revolution doesn't have to be fought with an AK47, because our words and practice of non-violent can move mountains. — Henry Johnson Jr

The Modern-day so call "FREEDOM FIGHTERS" of Liberia does not have a "Political" ideology that they are willing to to die for; if you are not disposed to "DIE" for an ideology that will live than rallying people up is an act and hope of false promises. — Henry Johnson Jr

We were not born into this life knowing
that we were going to become
rich or poor, striving or with a celeb status, sick or healthy.
But one thing that I know is that
the human mind is a powerful tool to achieve success. No matter the circumstances,
greatness is when you push
yourself above the odds. — Henry Johnson Jr

When you attack your fellow "Americans" out of "HATE" no matter what organization or race you belong too, you have attacked America. It's called Homegrown Terrorism. If you loved America, you would not attack your fellow Americans out of barbarity. Learning "PEACE" is a condition of the heart. Peace is not possible without forgiveness. Un-forgiveness destroys, forgiveness heals. — Henry Johnson Jr

Anybody body can be a Church goer, but there is a difference of "GOD" being in them then they being in the WORLD. — Henry Johnson Jr

A true revolution is about making those who are comfortable with corruption, uncomfortable. It's about pointing your fingers in the right direction and with nothing but the truth, will come power. A power not to exploit the Liberian people. But an ability to restore liberty, justice, and prosperity for all." - Henry Johnson Jr — Henry Johnson Jr

When the media is controlled by people who runs the world, you are only going to get news that they want you to know. They will paint anther's man country's hero a tyrant, a dictator or a murderer and favor the next just to divide and conquer the people. — Henry Johnson Jr

Be more obsessed with upgrading your MIND than your appearance. — Henry Johnson Jr

Why center your focus on making "Liberia" a Christian (nation) State? The focus should be, on, making "Liberia" a progressive state. Not a Christian one. Progressivism in "Liberia" should be the path vital to improving the human condition. — Henry Johnson Jr

The true "LOVE FOR HUMANITY" is an act of Heroic Genius. — Henry Johnson Jr

Money cannot buy you "HEALTH. — Henry Johnson Jr

Knowledge in any society should be the power of transformation. — Henry Johnson Jr

If we really want "Racial Harmony" in this country, it is time we start judging individuals by the standards of their behaviors and by the criteria of the law, not by the pigmentation of their skin or the past sins or struggles of their forefathers. — Henry Johnson Jr

People in power will lie to keep it. Honesty doesn't make you less human. — Henry Johnson Jr

Circumstances would always exist in the human's success story, but it is not controlled by destiny. Destiny is controlled by "FATE." I think it might be the optimist in me, but in America, "Dreams" are livable. — Henry Johnson Jr

Simplicity is better than being pompous. — Henry Johnson Jr

If you can not call out bigotry, corruption, racism, sexism, xenophobia, islamophobia, ageism, agnosticism, imperialism, antiblackism, antisemitism, authoritarianism, terrorism, egoism, and totalitarianism; then you are encouraging it to grow. There is no retreat from all the "isms" conflicts with which we must cope.

The most fecund killer of innocent in all of human history is not a disease or natural catastrophe. It is rooted in a sick way of thinking in which we have been programmed. Avoiding the quandary isn't helpful. A public discussion of these challenges could open up a new dialogue of approach. Without, this is the reality that the next generation would have to live with. — Henry Johnson Jr

Art should be expressed without objectification.It's more than just attraction. Creative expression is not "art for art's sake" but art that breathes true meaning. — Henry Johnson Jr

A person's disposition should serve as a narrative of their lives not the pigmentation of their skin. — Henry Johnson Jr

You can't build Liberia without developing the minds of Liberians. — Henry Johnson Jr

Creativity is taking a different approach on the world, not the world as we know it, but a world that oneself can create through imagination. — Henry Johnson Jr

I am still hoping to see an America that would gradually move beyond race, only in times when old ideas would no longer lives and the new will grow with the young generation. — Henry Johnson Jr

Learning "PEACE" is a condition of the heart. Peace is not possible without forgiveness. Un-forgiveness destroys, forgiveness heals. The privilege to be at harmony in our skins - that's what forgiveness permits. We surrender this "right" when we hold onto resentment and animosity. A tremendous amount of energy is dissipated when we hold back our compassion, our love, hold onto hostility, and entertain caustic feelings. — Henry Johnson Jr

I am against all kinds of oppression. Poverty, Sexism, racism, terrorism, classicism, imperialism, heterosexism, Cisgenderism, colorism, Ableism, and Nativism. Because it hinder human progression. — Henry Johnson Jr

Progressivism is an active channel for social equity, social liberalism, and political rights for all people. — Henry Johnson Jr

Dear Non-Black American,
when you comes to the United States, you become black.No matter of your origin. Stop saying you are Liberian, Jamaican, Belizean, Nigerian,
South African or Ghanaian. White America doesn't care about all that bull, that's why on the work application it doesn't give you the option to say Ghanaian or Jamaican, it says "African American. — Henry Johnson Jr

Liberia gave life, America gives me a DREAM. — Henry Johnson Jr

Do not try to please others by changing your beliefs. Your beliefs can be the force that can change the system. — Henry Johnson Jr

Where the mind is without pain Where knowledge is gain; With you, life is not vain Where hate is a burden
Faith in humanity is not entwine The traces of you is me
I am you and you are me Where dreams are not met
Where the sun set and yet;
we still strive towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of democracy
has not lost its way into a struggling nation frozen snow of dead end;
The traces of you is found with in young soul that rise up with faith and knowing that positive activism is the way to create a just society. — Henry Johnson Jr

You can not fight "RACISM" when the "MIND" is weak. You can't fight "INJUSTICE" or "CORRUPTION" when you're not a true follower of your soul. You can't fight "OPPRESSION" when you "THINK" and "ACT" like the oppressor. You can't become a "CHANGE" when you keep on accepting the same old results.You can't become a valuable source in society when you devalued your brothers and sisters from distant lands.

It is impossible to change America when you see foul practices at institutions and don't speak up because it is not affecting you. What affect others should affect you mentally and physically, be part of the "HUMAN RACE." Be your brother's/sister's keeper no matter what religion or race he or she is. Be the change that you want to see in America. — Henry Johnson Jr

When people have been oppressed for so long; they become immune to it.They sometimes see oppression as the alternative means to oppressed others. — Henry Johnson Jr

Liberia got Petroleum (Oil): The problem of development lies in good leadership and great communication. Some of our leaders want to turn the country's oil company into the Gaddafi regime of Libya that they could rule Liberia and their sons and grand kids can also rule as well. It's a form of oppression. The Liberian people want a leader, not an oppressor or an installed puppet. Someone who will put the country and its peoples' interest first. Not a corrupt politician who's out to rip the country apart, in the name of enriching their families. — Henry Johnson Jr

Why must Justice have a color? Is it the same "REASON" that the sky are "BLUE? — Henry Johnson Jr

Success or Failure, there should always be a Drive to Keep on Creating. — Henry Johnson Jr

Learn to forgive "HATERS" and people who think less of you. Don't bring yourself down to their level, because you know who you are. Be HUMBLE and shower them with unexpected love. — Henry Johnson Jr

People are speaking about discovering the cure for Ebola, HIV, and Cancer but it bugs me that there is no remedy for "Racism". It's a human disease that's hard to eradicate even in 2014 America, South Africa, European countries and some part of Asia still can't get over this disease. Some people raised their little ones to think that way. It's taught from a young age. — Henry Johnson Jr

A Paradise for you and me
Trust, true love to guide us free
Loneliness shall not fill the day
I will forever be with you
Our Love is beautiful like the sunshine lighting the way
Your gentle feel
Your caring hands
There is no doubt in your soul
No eerie place in your heart to express this feeling
Our compassion flows in the waves just to save and brighten my day My heart has no hoes Awaiting your pace
to touch this place
Our love, withstanding all odds Diminishing hate, in our thoughts There is no place I rather be til eternity... Than in your soul, life and in your dreams... I am here to stay with you forever. — Henry Johnson Jr

We shouldn't just make a difference in people's lives, but we must learn how to accept differences. — Henry Johnson Jr

Poverty would always exist when we allow injustices to speak. — Henry Johnson Jr

You got warlords still running free, but yet you want a stable Liberia. You got puppets as leaders still signing off Liberia's resources to foreigners, but yet you want a developed Liberia. They are threat to a progressive Liberia. — Henry Johnson Jr

Education is liberation, knowledge is power. — Henry Johnson Jr

Education does not define you as a "HUMAN BEING" your actions does. — Henry Johnson Jr

My religion consists of a dwelling admiration of illimitable spirit, with no hate in place, a whole heart to Love and care about the human race. There is lust within each of us, it's sometimes self center, that we call our heart. We were born with it. It is never completely grace, but the state to Love others and appreciates the human race in a unique way is left to "question". I am convinced that it is a fundamental energy of the human spirit that can create diversity, and can also stop the caste system, racism, segregation and sexism — Henry Johnson Jr

The ethics of peace is liberal; it's not conservative based. — Henry Johnson Jr

Creativity can impact some sort of "CHANGE" in the WORLD. But we must first embrace pure "DIFFERENCES" and work together for a common cause. — Henry Johnson Jr

A robust Liberian middle-class fosters the advancement of social wealth and a well-educated Liberian society. — Henry Johnson Jr

The height of humanity should give birth to greater good. We should be in desperation of "CHANGE" but not in spawning evil, because by doing so, humanity remains shackled. — Henry Johnson Jr

If "RACE" becomes the norm, then harmony will not prevail. — Henry Johnson Jr

The respect + love for humanity that's why I travel.
We are all special and gifted beings, no matter our religious differences. The message should be peace,
love and prosperity. There should be no adversity but solidarity. — Henry Johnson Jr

Politics doesn't align with emotions. An emotional politician is most likely to be a tyrannical leader. — Henry Johnson Jr

The Lone Star of Africa Land of the free, on your beach and sacred forests loves flourished. You, Liberia, you my love to echo, the scream of freedom, holding tight and will never let go. O beautiful land, The Lone star for decades has survived wars and tribalism the elders who keep the ancestral treasures that resulted in Vandalism. When will morning break for great leaders to stand for what is right Mother Liberia? — Henry Johnson Jr

In life, we are constantly growing.There are no true adults because our life experiences and sometimes unfortunate conditions show us that constant growth is part of the human story. — Henry Johnson Jr

All FILM directors are good actors, because you have to understand actors in order to program them. — Henry Johnson Jr

Successful People Find Good within The World. Impossibilities do not limit them. They seek the estimable lesson in every impediment. — Henry Johnson Jr

HATRED is generally a product of fear, love is a unique product of creation. Communication and clearer thinking breaks down in fear. The attraction of "WISDOM"create the understanding and love of HUMANITY. — Henry Johnson Jr

When you start speaking the "TRUTH" it creates enemies out of Ignorance. But always learn to speak the truth, though, it should be a solid weapon to a positive progression. — Henry Johnson Jr

Be of good spirit, walk in silence, push forth more actions than words. — Henry Johnson Jr

Without 'consent' in any human interactions, there's an ethical violation. — Henry Johnson Jr

I put my faith in something unknown, beyond the moon, sun, and stars, one day I will own. I put my faith in something, renew. Beyond the rivers, deserts, mountains and valleys.One day it shall become new. I cannot renounce the struggle But yes, it's what this destiny holds The pain is worst. My heart is whole and will not burst.I live on sweet nothing.I am tired of hope, when this dream is not in the scope. I told the pope, he told me to hold on to life and use the rope.I put my faith in you, this is too good to be true. — Henry Johnson Jr

What is a living reality without experience? If there is anything about which we feel to be true, it is that the world we endure is authentic. We can see, touch and hear it. Our conscious existence of presence is an exhibition within the mind, but in many other occurrences, some of us rarely accept that we create our own realities. — Henry Johnson Jr

Our assumptions of playing "gods" could lead to our own ignorance. — Henry Johnson Jr