“What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.”

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.

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carry the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

Our children are our future. And it’s up to us to fight for them.

The more you are focused on time – past and future – the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

We, the people, have the power to build a better future.

No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.

Your vote is your voice, and your voice is your power. Now is the time to stand up, speak out, and vote for a better future.

The past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whaterver form. Both are illusions.

The work of those who do tomorrow may come, but tomorrow never comes.

Tomorrow, it seems like an empty word of dreams remembered on waking.