Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
MALCOLM XThe 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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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How can anyone be against love?
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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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.
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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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How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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