There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.

It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.

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

An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.