65 result(s) for Marcus Garvey Quotes.
"God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own creative genius we make ourselves what we want to be."
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."
"Our success educationally, industrially, and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa."
"Remove the kinks from your mind, not your hair."
"Chance has never satisfied the hope of a suffering people."
"If the enemy could only know that Marcus Garvey is but a John the Baptist in the wilderness, that a greater and more dangerous Marcus Garvey is yet to appear, the Garvey with whom you will have to reckon for the injustice of the present generation."
"Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, for, with God's grace, I shall come and bring with me countless millions of black slaves who have died in America and the West Indies and the millions in Africa to aid you in the fight for liberty, freedom, and life."
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"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds."
"Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future have been the only means by which the oppressed have seen and realized the light of their own freedom."
"We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind."
"You have seen me criticize the Universal Negro Improvement Association, which I organized. I criticize it because I want it to do better and accomplish all that it was organized to accomplish."
"If you haven’t confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started."
"The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself, but the ends you serve that are for all in common will take you into eternity."
"Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do."
"There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation."
"I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there."
"I hope for the day when the creator of mankind will come to our aid and end this state of affairs."
"To be really universal, we must salute the flag under no other emblem more than the American flag."
"I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together."
"People without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots."
"Be as proud of your race today as our as our fathers were in days of yore. We have beautiful history, and we shall create another in the future that will astonish the world."
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"The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity."
"Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to tell yourself, 'I'm going to be great!' before you can achieve greatness."
"Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself."
"Leadership means everything - pain, blood, death. That is what it signifies."
"Progress comes only through action, and not through endless discussion."
"We declare to the world that Africa must be free, that every nation and every people must be free."
"Confidence is the key to all the locks; it is the panacea to all the diseases of the mind."
"Without confidence, you are twice defeated in the race of life."
"I trust that you will so live today as to realize that you are masters of your own destiny, masters of your fate; if there is anything you want in this world, it is for you to strike out with confidence and faith in self and reach that goal."
"Up you mighty race! You can accomplish what you will."
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots."
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds."
"Up, up, you mighty race! You can accomplish what you will."
"Progress is the attraction that moves humanity."
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"People without knowledge of their history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots."
"With confidence, you have won before you have started."
"I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together."
"A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact."
"Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden"
"I trust that you will so live today as to realize that you are masters of your own destiny, masters of your fate; if there is anything you want in this world, it is for you to strike out with confidence and faith in self and reach for it."
"Liberty is not something that is served on a silver platter"
"Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set"
"We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind."
"One God, One Aim, One Destiny!"
"Only by acknowledging the greatness in others can we truly manifest our own."
"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life."
"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men."
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!"
"Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden."
"Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will."
"We are not engaged in a struggle that means nothing; we are fighting for our very lives."
"Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences."
"We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us."
"The black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness."
"The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together."
"Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden."
"If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves."
"We must canonize our own saints, create our own martyrs, and elevate to positions of fame and honor black men and women who have made their distinct contributions to our racial history."
"God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be."
"Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people."
"There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty."
"You cannot grow beyond your thoughts. If your thoughts are those of a beggar, you’ll never grow beyond your beggar thoughts."
"History teaches us no race, no people, no nation has ever been freed through cowardice, through cringing, through bowing, through begging."
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