Ossie Davis Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 11 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Ossie Davis.
Famous Quotes By Ossie Davis
We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one comes upon the horizon and once we have attached ourselves to that star we must keep our eyes on it and our hands upon the plow. It is the consistency of the pursuit of the highest possible vision that you can find in front of you that gives you the constancy, that gives you the encouragement, that gives you the way to understand where you are and why it's important for you to do what you can do. — Ossie Davis
I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness. — Ossie Davis
If we can reach in wih the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child. — Ossie Davis
Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move. — Ossie Davis
... Harlem was home; was where we belonged; where we knew and were known in return; where we felt most alive; where, if need be, somebody had to take us in. Harlem defined us, claiming our consciousness and, I suspect, our unconsciousness. (Page 64) — Ossie Davis
College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back. — Ossie Davis
It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we would share with the world, demands eternal vigilance. — Ossie Davis
Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more. — Ossie Davis
It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not — Ossie Davis
One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together. — Ossie Davis