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.

The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.

I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.

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

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

Enter to learn; depart to serve.

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.