The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.

Don't ever let them pull you down so low as to hate them. (also cited as: I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.)

No one can degrade us except ourselves.

Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.

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

Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.

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