Let us keep before us the fact that, almost without exception, every race or nation that has ever got upon its feet has done so through struggle and trial and persecution; and that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.

Don't ever let them pull you down so low as to hate them. (also cited as: I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.)

Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

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

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.

Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.