Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

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

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

An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.

The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your 'civilization'.

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.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.