Booker T. Washington: “I wondered if I could accomplish anything, and if it were worth while for me to try.”

We try to keep constantly in mind the fact that the worth of the school is to be judged by its graduates.

This problem Harvard University is solving, not by bringing itself down, but by bringing the masses up.

Despite superficial and temporary signs which might lead one to entertain a contrary opinion, there was never a time when I felt more hopeful for the race than I do at the present.

If my life in the past has meant anything in the lifting up of my people and the bringing about of better relations between your race and mine, I assure you from this day it will mean doubly more.