We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force.

I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing.... Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money as the smallest part of my resources. I had faith in a living God, faith in myself, and a desire to serve.

Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

Studying goes deeper than mere reading. There are surface nuggets to be gathered but the best of the gold is underneath, and it takes time and labor to secure it.

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment.

Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.