The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety.

One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.

The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.

Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.

I'll tell you, I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll. I felt sin-breakers dashing, trying to conquer my soul. But I heard the voice of Jesus saying still to fight on.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.