Top 15 Susan L. Taylor Quotes

We need a new order of ministers to stand in pulpits. It’s not enough to sing and praise God in worship services. Any religion that doesn’t encourage us to work together to end the needless suffering all around us is godless.

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

We don’t have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.

Don’t identify yourself with labels and brands and have to buy every cute thing you see. Invest in the things that will grow in equity.

We women feel we are here to serve. That’s the mistake we make. We may have children, husbands, lovers, bills, responsibility. Those things don’t own us, but too often we let them.

It’s hunger. It’s homelessness, often. It’s underfunded, under-resourced schools. It’s abuse beyond the chilling. It’s having overwhelmed parents and caregivers. Those are the things that young people are struggling with beyond our view.

Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something.

Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today‘s black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that’s what freedom is all about: having the power to choose.

Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.

When I joined ‘Essence,’ I was a young, single mother. I was 24. I hadn’t gone to college. I wasn’t making any money at ‘Essence’ – what was it, $500 a month – and I was struggling. So I was always looking down the road, always hoping for a better, you know, tomorrow.

I write about spirituality not so we get strong from within and achieve some state of nirvana and then distance ourselves from the real world. I write about it so we can feel empowered to doing the critical work that this generation of black women are charged with doing.

We will never finish everything on our to-do lists. It’s not possible, and that is life!

What we still haven‘t done is really learned and embraced our history. When we do that, we’ll no longer be doubtful and fearful that we are weak and incomplete.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly – spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.