Top 21 Quotes & Sayings by Wes Moore

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Wes Moore.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Westley Watende Omari Moore is an American author, entrepreneur, television producer, and United States Army veteran. From 2017 to 2021 Moore served as the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation. He is currently the Democratic nominee for governor in the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election. If elected, Moore would be the first African-American governor of Maryland.

American - Author | Born: October 15, 1978

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

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The work is not simply about an occupation .. but why you are here.

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But really, where leadership is born and where leadership is really bred is.

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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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Kids need to think that you care before they care what you think.

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The importance of education plays a huge role.

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

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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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They hit you with a knife, you find a gun

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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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I just want to do as much as I can while I can, because none of us are promised anything.

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I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.

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We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations.

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I just want to make sure that public service doesn't have to be an occupation, but it needs to be a way of life.

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Potential is universal, opportunity is not.

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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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