At no time within the last five-hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.

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

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

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

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

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

If you get up everyday and you don't learn you are a fool

The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind

Do not remove the kinks from your hair--remove them from your brain.

Sleep: The golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.

I am so imperfect, can you love me when really my soul is deformed? Will you love me anyhow?

Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment.

Offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only means of defence.

Is death such a high price to pay, when you will die anyway?

In mine, they were just trying to steal a briefcase of cocaine.* That's it. Some flour that I got out of my mom's cupboard.

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.

Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor.

Every monument of civilization is a monument of barbarism