Malcolm X Quotes

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

Leadership is birthed out of anger!

For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.

Frustration is an interesting emotional state, because it tends to bring out the worst in whoever is frustrated.

Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness.

Throughout the ordeal, I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad. Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blame and hate. Focus my energy on something than the ache in my heart.

I'd rather deal with anger than apathy.

Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears.

Everything makes me angry, unless it makes me sad.

We all get outraged by things and there are things that make us angry and maybe for a while we get angry enough to actually go do something about it.

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

One of the reasons that change takes place is that the people who produce it believe change can take place.

I think anger is a good thing.

Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.

The big difference between human happiness and sadness? Thirty-seven freakin' vibrations.

My feelings - as usual - we will slaughter them all.

I often cried when I got angry; I hated that. Crying just made you look weak, no matter what triggered it.

Laughing doesn't make bad things worse any more than crying makes them better. It doesn't mean you don't care, or that you've forgotten. It just means you're human.

Rage is for little wrongs; despair is dumb.

I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.

Anger is the immune system of the soul.

I enjoy my anger, it’s the only hobby I have.