Marcus Garvey

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.

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. 

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden. . .

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.

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.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is our only ruler; sovereign.