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View all filters →Reverie is a loose dreaming into which a man falls; meditation is a strong, purposeful thinking into which a man rises.
A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it.
From Thought and Purpose, Allen's reflections on purposeful effort and inner life.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
From Visions and Ideals, Allen's reflections on purposeful effort and inner life.
Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
From Visions and Ideals, Allen's reflections on purposeful effort and inner life.
Discourse no more of what a good man should be; but be one.
To me, a man has no master but God. Man in his authority is a sovereign lord.
If you want liberty you yourselves must strike the blow. If you must be free you must become so through your own effort, through your own initiative.
Marcus Garvey·Speech at Liberty Hall, in Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Volume 1·August 1921verified
Delivered during the second international convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, New York.
And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long.
Terrell's closing description of collective progress, after calling for kindergartens for children in every community.
Do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a victim, you are not. Get over it and get on with it.
I try to scare myself at least once a day.
From the twelfth truth, on giving your obstacles credit.
The greatest snipers and marksmen in the world don’t aim at the target, they aim on the other side of it.