Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.

I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Each one should remember there is a chance for him.

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

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead they should try to get their people to think more highly of themselves. It's wonderful when the people believe in their leader. It's more wonderful when the leader believes in their people! You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.