No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.

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 negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.