Booker T. Washington: “Be willing to begin with a small salary and work your way up gradually.”

This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.

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

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.

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.