Booker T. Washington: “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.”

The more I come into contact with wealthy people, the more I believe that they are growing in the direction of looking upon their money simply as an instrument which God has placed in their hand for doing good with.

The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.

In the economy of God there is but one standard by which an individual can succeed—there is but one for a race.

What is equally important, they are exhibiting a degree of common sense and self-control which is causing better relations to exist between the races, and is causing the Southern white man to learn to believe in the value of educating the…