I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.

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.

A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.

The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.