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

There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.

The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

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.

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

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

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.