Ernesto “Che” Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, and guerrilla leader. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. Since his death, Guevara has become a legendary political figure. Motivational Che Guevara quotes will make you think about everything and inspire you to take action.
Most Famous Che Guevara Quotes
Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats. Che Guevara
Imperialism has been defeated in many partial battles. But it remains a considerable force in the world, and we cannot expect its final defeat save through effort and sacrifice on the part of all of us. Ernesto Che Guevara
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall. Che Guevara
The socialist countries have the moral duty of liquidating their tacit complicity with the exploiting countries of the West. Ernesto Che Guevara
The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. Che Guevara, Che Guevara quotes love
Terrorism should be considered a valuable tactic when it is used to put to death some noted leader of the oppressing forces well known for his cruelty, his efficiency in repression, or other quality that makes his elimination useful. But the killing of persons of small importance is never advisable, since it brings on an increase of reprisals, including deaths. Ernesto Che Guevara
Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians. Che Guevara
The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth. Ernesto Che Guevara
It’s a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies. Che Guevara
Individualism as such, as the isolated action of a person alone in a social environment, must disappear in Cuba. Individualism tomorrow should be the proper utilization of the whole individual, to the absolute benefit of the community. Ernesto Che Guevara
Be realistic, demand the impossible Che Guevara
Silence is argument carried out by other means. Che Guevara
Every person has the truth in his heart. No matter how complicated his circumstances, no matter how others look at him from the outside, and no matter how deep or shallow the truth dwells in his heart, once his heart is pieced with a crystal needle, the truth will gush forth like a geyser. Che Guevara
The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth. Che Guevara
To execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple. Che Guevara
One must endure without losing tenderness. Che Guevara
To execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple. Che Guevara
Above all, try to be able to feel deeply any injustice committed against any person in any part of the world. Che Guevara
Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart? Che Guevara
I have a wish. It is a fear as well that in my end will be my beginning. Che Guevara
Above all, try always to be able to feel deeply any injustice committed against any person in any part of the world. It is the most beautiful quality of a revolutionary. Che Guevara
Peaceful coexistence cannot be limited to the powerful countries if we want to ensure world peace. Che Guevara
We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle. Che Guevara
The only passion that guides me is for the truth I look at everything from this point of view. Che Guevara
Let the world change you and you can change the world Che Guevara
I am an adventurer. Che Guevara
To accomplish much you must first lose everything. Che Guevara
Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses. Che Guevara
If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades. Che Guevara
How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people. Che Guevara
Mexicans are a band of illiterate Indians. Che Guevara
Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats. Che Guevara
We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. Our share, the responsibility of the exploited and underdeveloped of the world, is to eliminate the foundations of imperialism: our oppressed nations, from where they extract capital, raw materials, technicians, and cheap labor, and to which they export new capital instruments of domination arms and all kinds of articles, thus submerging us in an absolute dependence. Che Guevara
In a revolution, one triumphs or dies. Che Guevara
Youth should learn to think and act as a mass. It is criminal to think as individuals! Che Guevara
Chess is an effective means to educate and train the human intellect. Che Guevara
I don’t care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting. Che Guevara
The world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny. Che Guevara
The negro has maintained his racial purity by his well known habit of avoiding baths Che Guevara
One must have a large dose of humanity, a large dose of a sense of justice and truth in order to avoid dogmatic extremes, cold scholasticism, or an isolation from the masses. Che Guevara
We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force. Che Guevara
Silence is argument carried out by other means. Che Guevara
The ultimate and most important revolutionary aspiration: to see human beings liberated from their alienation. Che Guevara
The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study. Che Guevara, Che Guevara quotes on education
You can live by your own rules. Che Guevara
Words without deeds are worthless. Che Guevara
Words that do not match deeds are unimportant. Che Guevara
Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the murderers of blacks remain free, protecting them, and furthermore punishing the black population because they demand their legitimate rights as free men how can those who do this consider themselves guardians of freedom? Che Guevara
We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle. Che Guevara
One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness. Che Guevara
I am not a Liberator. Liberators don’t exist. The people liberate themselves. Che Guevara
A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive. Che Guevara
I don’t care of I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting. Che Guevara
Let’s be realistic. Let’s do the impossible! Che Guevara
Silence is a continuation of dispute by other means. Che Guevara
Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers. Che Guevara
I will always dream and will never stop until I am dead. Che Guevara
We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity. Che Guevara
The life of a single human being is worth more than all property of the richest man on earth. Che Guevara
Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy. Che Guevara
If you become furious with every injustice, then you are my friend. Che Guevara
The best form of saying is doing. Che Guevara
If I lose, it will not mean that it was impossible to win. Che Guevara
It’s not my fault if reality is Marxist Che Guevara
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall. Che Guevara
It is an illusion to think that the matter can be resolved through words. Che Guevara
Every day people straighten up the hair, why not the heart. Che Guevara
There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man. Che Guevara, Che Guevara quotes on socialism
Better to die standing, than to live on your knees. Che Guevara
We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it. Che Guevara
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel Che Guevara
We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment: a total war. It is necessary to prevent him from having a moment of peace, a quiet moment outside his barracks or even inside; we must attack him wherever he may be, make him feel like a cornered beast wherever he may move. Then his moral fiber shall begin to decline, but we shall notice how the signs of decadence begin to disappear. Che Guevara
I am not interested in dry economic socialism. We are fighting against misery, but we are also fighting against alienation Che Guevara
I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves. Che Guevara
In a revolution one wins or dies, if it is a real one Che Guevara
And then many things became very clear we learned perfectly that the life of a single human being is worth millions of times more than all the property of the richest man on earth. Che Guevara
The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth Che Guevara
Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world. Che Guevara
The people are weary of being oppressed, persecuted, exploited to the maximum Che Guevara
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. Che Guevara
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall Che Guevara
