# The whole world is run on bluff.... | Marcus Garvey Quote

> Source: https://positivity.org/quotes/quote-marcus-garvey-the-whole-world-is-run

> The whole world is run on bluff.

## What This Quote Means

Honesty with ourselves is the first step toward honesty with others.

## About Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political activist who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and championed Black empowerment.

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) built the largest Black mass movement in history on a platform of economic self-reliance and cultural pride.

## How to Apply This Wisdom

### Honest inventory

Be truthful with yourself about one area where you have been in denial.

### Speak truth

Share an honest thought that you have been holding back.

### Seek truth

Question one assumption you have been taking for granted.

## Reflection Questions

- Where am I being less than honest with myself?

- What truth am I avoiding that could set me free?

- How does living truthfully affect my relationships?

## More Quotes by Marcus Garvey

> A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

> If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

> With confidence, you have won before you have started.

> Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.

> God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be.