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

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.

Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.

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.

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 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.

Greatness is largely a social accident, and almost always socially supported.