I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.

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

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others 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.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.