Ossie Davis quotes:

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

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.

College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.

Any form of art is a form of power.

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.

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.

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.

One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together.

It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not

If we can reach in wih the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child.