Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
I can, therefore I am.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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.