When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. . . . Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.

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

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.

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

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.