Character is power.

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

In my contact with people, I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls – with the great outside world.

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.

Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.