10 Chadwick Boseman Quotes We Can All Learn From

On August 28th, America lost one of it’s rising stars, Chadwick Boseman. Our editors have compiled 10 quotes from Chadwick, which could provide some encouragement for us all during these trying times:

1. “You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure”
2. “Purpose is the essential element of you,” Boseman said in the middle of the speech. “It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill. ”
3. “Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.”
4. “I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It’s not as much about them loving you – it’s about you needing to love people.”
5. “I’m an artist. Artists don’t need permission to work. Regardless of whether I’m acting or not, I write. I write when I’m tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.”
6. Knowledge has always been power, but on June 19, 1865, 2+ yrs after Emancipation Proclamation, knowledge finally brought freedom to the slaves in TX. Taking us closer to the ratification of 13th Amendment in Dec 1865. Understanding history is one of many ways to break the cycle.
7. “You are not just the future, you are the present. Vote for what you believe in.”
8.  “My grandmother would say that God is real, and it does feel that way. There’s things you can’t explain away as coincidence. Certain things are meant for you to do.”
9. “People don’t want to experience change, they just want to wake up and it’s different.”
10. “Fearlessness means taking the first step, even if you don’t know where it will take you. It means being driven by a higher purpose, rather than by applause. It means knowing that you reveal your character when you stand apart, more than when you stand with the crowd.”