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

Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker... there is no escape... people drag others or lift others up.

Many strikes and similar disturbances might be avoided if the employers would cultivate the habit of getting nearer to their employees, of consulting and advising with them, and letting them feel that the interests of the two are the same.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

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

The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.

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