John Henrik Clarke Quotes

No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

U don't know where u goin unless u know where u come from.

You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.

But it is important to know this, to know your roots. To know where you started as a person. If not, your own life seems unreal to you. Like a puzzle. Vous comprenez? Like you have missed the beginning of a story and now you are in the middle of it, trying to understand.

Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.

It's best to know a little about where you're coming from and why you've arrived where you are.

If we don't know where we are going, it can be helpful to know where we come from.

There is also a need that each should understand where he came from and what he is -- and what will become of him.

How do we know who we are if we don’t know where we’ve been?

There is no self-knowledge except historical self-knowledge.

Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history... this is what makes you strong. It's not looking out that's going to do that - it's looking in.

If you don't know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it's kind of hard to put things together.

Before you can come to know your purpose, you must come to know yourself.

First, my people must be taught the knowledge of self. Then and only then will they be able to under-stand others and that which surrounds them. Anyone who does not have a knowledge of self is considered a victim of either amnesia or unconsciousness and is not very competent. The lack of knowledge of self is a prevailing condition among my people here in America. Gaining the knowledge of self makes us unite into a great unity. Knowledge of self makes you take on the great virtue of learning.

It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've been to all the places you don't need to be.

How can we know who we are and where we are going if we don't know anything about where we have come from and what we have been through, the courage shown, the costs paid, to be where we are?

After all this time, I know exactly where I belong.

Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey.

Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are.

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.