Malcolm X Quotes

Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in and fix things. But now, they seem to realize that they're the only ones who can save themselves.

We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.

The best way to boycott is to build your own

People around the world just want self-respect. They want to take care of themselves, they want to pay for their own bills, they want to take care of their families.

Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

I'm for economic independence.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

I'm Southern, but I need to be out making my own money, and impacting the world outside of my house.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

No one, and no mind, was ever emancipated by merely being left alone.

In order that she may be able to give her hand with dignity, she must be able to stand alone.

Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.

I do not have to depend on a man to give me bread.