"We cannot think of being acceptable to..." - Quote by Malcolm X
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
More by Malcolm X
“[ Negro leaders] never let the white man know exactly what black people are thinking.”
“Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you're both engaged in the same business - you know they're doing something that you aren't.”
“All over this world people are standing up for freedom.”
More on Self Acceptance
“I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you.”
“I thought it out this very day,Noon upon the clock,A man may put pretence awayWho leans upon a stick,May sing, and sing until he drop,Whether to maid or hag.”
“Everybody has a list of 100 things they would like to change about themselves. But it's all about focusing on the good things.”
More on Self Worth
“A plaque and platinum status is whack if I'm not the baddest.”
“I get worried for young girls sometimes; I want them to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled.”
“There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.”