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.

We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

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 whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

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