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.
MARCUS GARVEYTake advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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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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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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If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.
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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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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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Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
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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.
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Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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The only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER? Physical, financial, and scientific.
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Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.
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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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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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