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

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

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

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

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

I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity.

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.