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.

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.

Do not do that which others can do as well.

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.

You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too.

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

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.