Booker T. Washington: “I felt that a new kind of existence had now begun—that life would now have a new meaning.”

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.

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.