Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Frederick Douglass

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Frederick Douglass

A man is worked on by what he works on.

Frederick Douglass

Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

Frederick Douglass

Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.

Frederick Douglass

The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.

Frederick Douglass

You have to take power. No one gives it.

Frederick Douglass

A man may, at times, get something for nothing, but in his hands it will amount to nothing.

Frederick Douglass

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.

Frederick Douglass

I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.

Frederick Douglass