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• Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
• Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
• The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.
• We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that…
• The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy…
• The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.
• Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs…
• What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants opportunity to…
• Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.
• I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing.... Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money as the…
• Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.
• We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it…

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