marcus garvey

“ 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. ”

“ Great principles, great ideals know no nationality. ”

“ Do not remove the kinks from your hair - remove them from your brain. ”

“ All of us may not live to see the higher accomplishment of an African Empire - so strong and powerful, as to compel the respect of mankind, but we in our life-time can so work and act as to make the dream a possibility within another generation. ”

“ I like honesty and fair play. ”

“ The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity. ”

“ We were like crabs in a barrel, that none would allow the other to climb over, but on any such attempt all would continue to pull back into the barrel the one crab that would make the effort to climb out. ”

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“ I trust that you will so live today as to realize that you are masters of your own destiny, masters of your fate; if there is anything you want in this world, it is for you to strike out with confidence and faith in self and reach for it. ”

“ If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. ”