Man is what his dreams are.

If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

You have the ability, now apply yourself.

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.