Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.
There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.
Only those who hate the Negro see hatred in the Negro.
To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.