In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate 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

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.