Black is beautiful.
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
Up you mighty race, accomplish what you will.
Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
With confidence, you have won before you have started.
Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.
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.
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 wouldn’t have given us a mind.
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.
Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
If you want liberty, you must first love it. Love it above everything else and defend it with your very life.
A man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.
If we want to rid ourselves of slavery, we must change our mentality from slave to free.
We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind.
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
Every race has a right to its own action; therefore, let Negroes around the world not wait for the opportunity to be given by the whites, but let them themselves create it.
Opportunity knocks often, but if you don’t answer the door, it leaves.
Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it.
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.
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.
If a negro is not careful, he will find that he will be completely eliminated from the government machinery in the South by 1944.
The pen is mightier than the sword, and no one can undo the written word.
The only protection against injustice in man is power, physical, financial, and scientific.
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else.
Some people think they can find happiness in luxury, seeking power, and wealth. But having these things won’t really make you happy. What really makes us happy is when we follow the righteous path.
The greatest weapon used against the Negro is disorganization.
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 wouldn’t have given us a mind.
We of today must accept nothing because of its historical acceptability; let us accept nothing because of our adoption of it, but instead, develop within us well-organized bodies, well-cultivated minds with which to weigh and judge all things.
There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
God will give you the chance to redeem yourself in the eyes of the world, and remove the appearance of dishonor and shame.
The greatest weapon used against the Negro is disorganization.
A race without authority and power is a race without respect.
If we as a race have anything to brag upon, it is our endeavors to save ourselves, by a universal organization.
Every race has a right to its own action; therefore, let Negroes around the world not wait for the opportunity to be given by the whites, but let them themselves create it.
If we of the Negro race are not careful, faithful, and true to ourselves, the day may not be far distant when our name will be numbered with the stories of the past.
Men who are in earnest, are never long at a loss for words when they are defending themselves.
Let us mark the men who are able to stay up longer and work harder for future rewards than for those that are present.
We must not be satisfied with handfuls but must seek large parcels of knowledge until we are receptive to the rays of a larger truth.
The people without knowledge of their history, origin, and culture is like a tree without its roots.
The complaint of being considered an inferior race is an evidence that the complainant is inferior.
We must not only become educated, so as to acquire physical knowledge, but we must acquire spiritual knowledge as well.
Suffering breeds character, character breeds faith, and in the end, faith will not disappoint you.
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