The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slave might more adequately adjust himself to the conditions of the New World.

We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle.

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

It is not your environment, it is you- the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your life.