The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern States of America, even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.

Too often the educational value of doing well what is done, however little, is overlooked. One thing well done prepares the mind to do the next thing better. Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered.

The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.

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

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.