I have always tried...to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.

Honest, intelligent criticism is an aid to the progress of an effort.

One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.

Moving pictures have become one of the greatest revitalizing forces in race adjustment.

Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.

Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.