Perseverance is the mark of the truly free. - Assata Shakur

"Perseverance is the mark of the truly free."

Assata Shakur Perseverance

Activist, Revolutionary American Born 1947 (age 79)

More from Assata Shakur

"I have never been afraid to speak the truth. I have never been afraid to stand up for what I believe in."

"The most important thing is that you understand your own power."

"Resistance is not futile; it is essential."

"I am a Black revolutionary, and that is what I will always be."

"Perseverance is the key to success."

"Don't give up on what you believe in."

"I've been through worse."

"You learn to live with the pain."