We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.

Character is power.

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.

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