The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.

[To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':] Which of my sister's sons are you?

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

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

Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.

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.

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