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.
MARCUS GARVEYIt is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his own social institutions, and move and live like a rational human being.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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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.
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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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Every man has a right to his own opinion. Every race has a right to its own action; therefore let no man persuade you against your will, let no other race influence you against your own.
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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
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I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
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Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
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The history of a movement, the history of a nation, the history of a race is the guide-post of that movement’s destiny, that nation’s destiny, that race’s destiny.
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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.
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I like honesty and fair play.
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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
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Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.
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A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
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If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
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Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
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It is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his own social institutions, and move and live like a rational human being.
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