Only the educated are free.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.