Booker T. Washington: “Resolve that no matter how little you may earn, you will put a part of the money in the bank.”

I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.

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

Even to this day I can recall accurately the tortures that I underwent when putting on one of these garments.

The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression upon me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.