Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.
MARCUS GARVEYWe 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.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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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.
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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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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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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 only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER? Physical, financial, and scientific.
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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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At no time within the last five hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.
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The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
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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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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
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To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
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