There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
MALCOLM XWe’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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Some things are better done than said.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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