Malcolm X finally became the person he was meant and raised to be. He fought against the forces of racism to return to that. Malcolm wanted to inspire other people to find their own strength.

The river moves, but it follows a path. When it tires of one journey, it rubs through some rock to forge a new way. Hard work, but that's its nature.

You're only responsible for your own actions. You can't control how someone else reacts to what you do. You made a choice. Stand by it.

Anyone who can see will see you beautiful.

People make mistakes. They look at the surface of things and see what they want to.

If you just play really hard, he says, nothing else matters.

In this day and age we care more about our pride than our lives.

Ignorance is a deep darkness.

I project myself to love and devote my time and attention to someone without a reason, so at least I can give someone the feelings of being the most special person in someone’s life.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor still less did she say: Be rich her cry to me was always: Be independent.

There is no issue that is not a women's issue.

I'm honored to have the greatest temperament that anybody has, because we know how to win.

Make a mess. Clean it up.

If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier.

Every budding dictatorship begins by muzzling the artists, because they're a mouthy lot and they don't line up and salute very easily.

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.