Booker T. Washington: “If you fail to give such service, if you break that contract, you will find that such a course of action never pays.”

I do not know how many have noticed it, but I think that it will be found to be true that there are few instances, either in slavery or freedom, in which a member of my race has been known to betray a specific trust.

I have always looked upon fame as something to be used in accomplishing good.

When they saw that I was not afraid or ashamed to work, they began to assist with more enthusiasm.

As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.