There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

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.

The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.