Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.

I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.

It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

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

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.

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