I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.

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.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.