An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach you to do something about making the world a better place.
Johnnetta B. ColeThe ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.
Johnnetta B. ColeYou cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your own neighborhood, and even your own nation.
Johnnetta B. ColeFaced with what seems like an impossible task, a group of folks will do well to remember the African proverb: When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.
Johnnetta B. ColeThere are not many of us African American Sister Presidents, and those of us who are in this field do not have an easy time of it. Why the story goes that one Black woman college president died and went to hell, and it was two weeks before she realized that she wasn't still on the job.
Johnnetta B. Cole