💬 Quotes

"If you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do."

"The same educational process which inspires and stimulates the oppressor with the thought that he is everything and has accomplished everything worthwhile, depresses and crushes at the same time the spark of genius in the Negro by making him feel that his race does not amount to much and never will measure up to the standards of other peoples."

"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it."

"Philanthropy in education has been largely a matter of getting the Negro to accept what the white man thinks he ought to have rather than bringing out what is in the Negro."

"The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, education must inspire to action and fit people for life in their surrounding environment."

"History shows that does not avail. The conqueror has invariably imposed his educational system upon the conquered, thus conditioning them to accept servitude as their natural lot."

"Your thoughts make you what you are. You are the product of your own thoughts."

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."

"Belief is the igniting spark which gets the engine of the mind started."

"Everything in the world comes out of the human mind. Ideas are the beginning of all fortune, all wealth, all success, all material gain."

"Visualization is the process of making a mental picture of a desire or goal and holding it in your thoughts until it becomes a reality."

"Mind is the master-weaver, both of the interior garment of character and the exterior garment of circumstance."

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

"My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose."

"An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative."

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."