Jose Marti Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.”

“To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.”

“An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.”

“Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.”

“Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.”

“Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.”

“Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.”

“A selfish man is a thief.”

“But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.”

“Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.”