There Is No Force Like Success, And

Chance Has Never Yet Satisfied The Hope Of A Suffering People. Action, Self-reliance, The Vision Of Self And The Future Have Been The Only Means By Which The Oppressed Have Seen And Realized The Light Of Their Own Freedom.

They Said That The Negro Had No Initiative; That He Was Not A Business Man, But A Laborer; That He Had Not The Brain To Engineer A Corporation, To Own And Run Ships; That He Had No Knowledge Of Navigation, Therefore The Proposition Was Impossible. Oh! Ye Of Little Faith. The Eternal Has Happened.

The Traitor Of Other Races Is Generally Confined To The Mediocre Or Irresponsible Individual, But, Unfortunately, The Traitors Among The Negro Race Are Generally To Be Found Among The Men With The Highest Place In Education And Society, The Fellows Who Call Themselves Leaders.

If We As A People Realized The Greatness From Which We Came We Would Be Less Likely To Disrespect Ourselves.

We Must Give Up The Silly Idea Of Folding Our Hands And Waiting On God To Do Everything For Us. If God Had Intended For That, Then He Would Not Have Given Us A Mind. Whatever You Want In Life, You Must Make Up Your Mind To Do It For Yourself.