It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

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.

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

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

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.