There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.

I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.

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

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.