No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

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.

We must not only become reliable, progressive, skillful and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all forms of labor, whether with the hand or head, are honorable.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause. In proportion as one loses himself in this way, in the same degree does he get the highest happiness out of his work.

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.