The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves.

I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

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.

I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.

Change the way people think and things will never be the same

The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country

You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

What he was after hangs between the visible and the invisible, between the here and now and the seemingly elsewhere.

God is always willing to give you the best life possible. If you change your mind at any time you are free to go back to enjoying hell.

When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.

Some people succeed not because they have wealth and education, but because they have firm focus.

In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.

I guess emotion really isn't necessary for me to go out and perform well.

I thought I'd be back in baseball, but I didn't know when.

A lot of my reputation is a product of exaggeration and ignorance.

I am always asking myself how I can improve the lives of my customers, my colleagues, my shareholders, my family and my friends.