“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.”
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Courageous Quotes — page 10 of 1106
“If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.”
“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.”
“Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.”
“Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.”
“If you're not a thorn in somebody's side, you aren't doing Christianity right.”
“There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity... We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first united among ourselves. We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.”
“When times get tough, we don't give up. We get up.”
“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.”
“You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.”
“It is up to us to take care of this planet, it is our only home. To betray nature is to betray us. To save nature is to save us. Because whatever you're fighting for, racism or poverty. Feminism, gay rights or any type of equality. It won't matter in the least. Because if we don't all work together to save the environment, we will be equally extinct.”
“Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.”
“As long as a white man does it, it's alright, a black man is supposed to have no feelings. But when a black man strikes back he's an extremist, he's supposed to sit passively and have no feelings, be nonviolent, and love his enemy no matter what kind of attack, verbal or otherwise, he's supposed to take it. But if he stands up in any way and tries to defend himself, then he's an extremist.”
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
“Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.”
“Let's be realistic. Let's do the impossible!”
“Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
“It's your obligation to speak the truth, and everyone can either take it or leave it. But truth must be in us. We live in such a poverty of truth today.”