I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

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.

Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.

The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern States of America, even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.

A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.