Wes Moore Quotes

United States, Writer
October 15, 1978

Westley "Wes" Watende Omari Moore is an American author, social entrepreneur, television producer, and decorated US Army combat veteran. He is the author of The Other Wes Moore and The Work, both of which are New York Times Bestsellers. He was also the host for Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network, as well as the executive producer and a writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS.

The common bond of humanity and decency that we share is stronger than any conflict, any adversity. Fighting for your convictions is important. But finding peace is paramount. Knowing when to fight and when to seek peace is wisdom. Ubuntu was right.

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Potential is universal, opportunity is not.

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- Opportunity
- Universal

When it is time for you to leave this school, leave your job, or even leave this earth, you make sure you have worked hard to make sure it mattered you were even here.

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- School
- Jobs
- Hard
Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations. Others' expectations of us or our expectations. I mean others' expectations that you take on as your own. I realize how difficult it is to seperate the two. The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.

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My mother is extraordinary; she's a superwoman, like so many other single mothers who are out there.

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The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.

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I began at some point to understand the whole idea of accountability and responsibility and leadership, and I think that was something that really birthed something in me, where I knew I wanted to be part of a larger equation in our society.

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The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.

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- Stories
- Tragedy
- Could

The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.

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- Help
- Place
- Expectations
Life's impermanence, I realized, is what makes every single day so precious. It's what shapes our time here. It's what makes it so important than not a single moment be wasted.

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- Important
- Single
- Moments
We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations.

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