Poverty is... Curable like any disease. Ignorance, dependence, inefficiency, laziness, want of the spirit of enterprise are the real real causes of poverty.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.
