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

We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind. Whatever you want in life, you must make up your mind to do it for yourself.

If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.

The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you?

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.

At no time within the last five hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.

You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

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.

I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.

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.

A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.

When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment

Each dream you leave behind is a part of your future that will no longer exist.

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.

The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.

I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value.

The best way to create value in the 21st century is to connect Creativity with Technology.

The future depends on what you do today.

The past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your motivation.