José Martí Quote

The barbarians who rely on force and violence for everything build nothing, because their seeds are of hatred.

Gratitude, like certain flowers, does not thrive in high places and flourishes best in the fertile soil of the humble.

José Martí

The only force and the only truth in this life is love. Patriotism is nothing but love, friendship is nothing but love.

José Martí

There is only one beautiful child in the world and every mother has it.

José Martí

Freedom is the right that individuals have to act freely, think, and speak without hypocrisy.

José Martí

A minute standing is worth more than a lifetime on your knees.

José Martí

The right of the worker can never be hatred towards capital; it is harmony, reconciliation, the common coming together of one and the other.

José Martí

Freedom cannot be fruitful for the people who have their foreheads stained with blood.

José Martí

To get ahead of others, you need to see more than they do.

José Martí

Even a great man can be exasperated by a miserable fly.

José Martí

The overall happiness of a nation relies on the individual independence of its inhabitants.

José Martí

Elementary truths fit on the wing of a hummingbird.

José Martí

Children are the hope of the world.

José Martí