Malcolm X Quotes

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again.

I have seen your despatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bull-dog gripe, and chew & choke, as much as possible.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try, and keep trying, for there is nothing to lose by trying and a great deal to gain if successful. By all means TRY! Do it NOW!!!

I expect to fight that proposition until hell freezes over. Then I propose to start fighting on the ice.

I never stop. I don't want to stop acting because I'm afraid it'll all end, so I never say no.

The advice I give to every filmmaker is you have to be tenacious. You can't give up.

We're going to fight this battle with everything we have, and we will probably lose. But then we will fight it again, and we will lose a little less, for this battle will win us many supporters. And then we'll lose *again*. And *again*. And we will fight on. Because as hard as it is to win by fighting, it's impossible to win by doing nothing.

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

I concede nothing until they throw dirt on my face.

I'm really incredibly stubborn - you can ask my ex-husband. I think when you tell me 'no', if it's something I really want, I'm just going to push harder.

We must see our present fight right through to the very end.

You can try and kill my body but you cannot kill my cause.

If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

If we take care of the means, we are bound to reach the end sooner or later. When once we have grasped this point, final victory is beyond question. Whatever difficulties we encounter, whatever apparent reverses we sustain, we may not give up the quest for truth.

If the biographer gives me credit for being a plodder, he will describe me justly. Anything beyond this will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

I've faced the grief, I've faced the anger, and I'm ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.

Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. ... Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.

We have come too far, - struggled too long, - sacrificed too much and have too much left to do, - to allow that which we have achieved for the good of all to be swept away without a fight. And we have not forgotten how to fight.

They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.

I'll run against the grain till the day I drop?

I won't give up till we surrender!

Labor never quits. We never give up the fight - no matter how tough the odds, no matter how long it takes.

Alive or dead, the truth won't rest. Rise up while you can.