Booker T. Washington: “It is seldom that anything is permanently gained by holding back a fact.”

By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.

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

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.