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

There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.

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

The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.