"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone."

"No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation."

"The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous."

"Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed pay the price and it is yours."

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."

"Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers."

"There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority."

"In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it."