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.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

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.

We see a new Ethiopia, a new Africa, stretching her hands of influence throughout the world, teaching man the way of life and peace, The Way to God.

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

Real men laugh at opposition; real men smile when enemies appear.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!

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