A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.

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

Had (I) been a member of a more popular race, I should have been inclined to yield to the temptation of depending upon my ancestry and my colour to do that for me which I should do for myself. Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort

If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of all denominations in America has done during the last 35 years for the elevation of the black man would have made me a Christian.

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.

A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.