I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.

The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.

Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.

Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.

Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.