God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement. |
I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free. |
I read "Up From Slavery" and then my dream -- if I may so call it -- of being a race leader dawned. |
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself. |
Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men. |
Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences. |
Progress is the attraction that moves humanity. |
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness |
The whole world is run on bluff |
There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation. |
Up, up, you mighty race!/ You can accomplish/ what you will. |