Booker T. Washington: “To get the greatest happiness out of life is to make somebody else happy.”

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

The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements, and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.

I think I never saw a community of people so happy over anything as were the coloured people over the prospect of this new building.

These discussions showed that they understood the situation, and that they kept themselves informed of events by what was termed the “grape-vine” telegraph.