I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.