Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.

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

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.

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

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.