Booker T. Washington: “I never saw a man who so completely lost sight of himself.”

From any point of view, I had rather be what I am, a member of the Negro race, than be able to claim membership with the most favoured of any other race.

Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.

I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.

Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.