“Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself, and let history record that as we toiled laboriously and courageously, we worked to live gloriously.”

The only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER? Physical, financial, and scientific.

I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.

Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.

Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!

There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.

Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.

Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.

Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.

Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.

Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.

Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.

I like honesty and fair play.

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.

There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

We gain courage and wisdom from every instance in which we stop to look fear in the face

All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.