Quotes

“All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.” John William Gardner

“The cynic says, 'One man can't do anything.' I say, 'Only one man can do anything.'” John William Gardner

“Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.” John William Gardner

“The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.” John William Gardner

“America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.” John William Gardner

“Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.” John William Gardner

“I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive.” John William Gardner

“Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.” John William Gardner

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

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” Marcus Garvey

“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.” Marcus Garvey

“With confidence, you have won before you have started.” Marcus Garvey

“I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there. Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.” Marcus Garvey

“A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.” Marcus Garvey

“Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.” Marcus Garvey

“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.” Marcus Garvey

“Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.” Marcus Garvey

“There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.” Marcus Garvey

“The whole world is run on bluff.” Marcus Garvey

“Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.” Marcus Garvey

“I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.” Marcus Garvey

“I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.” Marcus Garvey

“Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.” Marcus Garvey

“I like honesty and fair play.” Marcus Garvey

“Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!” Marcus Garvey

“Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will.” Marcus Garvey

“Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.” Marcus Garvey

“Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.” Marcus Garvey

“Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa.” Marcus Garvey