Booker T. Washington: “This was not flattery, because each one of these individuals knew that he had nothing to gain by trying to flatter me.”

I think that the presentation of facts, on a high, dignified plane, is all the begging that most rich people care for.

As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.

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

I repeat my belief that the world is growing in the direction of giving.