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.

There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always know nothing of it.

Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.