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

Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.

The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

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