If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own.

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

No man knows what he can do until he tries.

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

My advice is to treat [credit cards] like what they are: little plastic grenades that must be handled very carefully.

I definitly wouldn't want Harry Potter to be the last thing I do.

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! Then fire low!

The pictures feel as essential to me as the text. I was always interested in including pictures with writing.

Purity is the fruit of prayer.

Once you become an immigrant, the first thing that is taken from you is the opportunity to talk about politics and to talk about yourself as a political being.