“You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.”

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.

No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.

The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

No one can degrade us except ourselves.

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.

Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.

Families are a kind of leaven that helps to make the world more humane and more fraternal, where no one feels rejected or abandoned.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

Self-help is the best help.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.