Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

We must reinforce argument with results.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life... as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.