It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.
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.
A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.