Quotes About Empowerment

Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

Every man has a right to his own opinion. Every race has a right to its own action; therefore let no man persuade you against your will, let no other race influence you against your own.

... no man or woman should depend upon another for maintenance and necessaries. Family discord and social degradation will never end till each depends upon herself.

Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be guided by the thought of another is like the beast led by a halter.

A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.

Woman is the most precious gift known to man.

The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

America's greatest crime against the black man was not slavery or lynching, but that he was taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt.

Oh no, honey, I can't read little things like letters. I read big things like men.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

I ain't afraid to love a man. I ain't afraid to shoot him either.

There is no dichotomy between man and God's image. Whoever tortures a human being, whoever abuses a human being, whoever outrages a human being, abuses God's image.

The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man.

If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude.

Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility.

One night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

When you say 'Black is beautiful' you are saying, 'Man you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human being'.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.