Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.

You must not mistake lip-service and noise for bravery and service.

We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind. Whatever you want in life, you must make up your mind to do it for yourself.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

It is unfortunate that we should find ourselves at this time the only disorganized group. Others have had the advantage of organization for centuries, so what seems to them unnecessary, from a racial point of view, becomes necessary to us, who have had to labor all along under the disadvantage of being scattered without a racial aim or purpose.

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.