"We should not be satisfied with merely making a living. We should strive to make a difference."

"I am not afraid to work. I have always been a worker."

"I want to bless my race by giving them employment."

"I had to go to work to help my mother support the family. I was a child of the Reconstruction period."

"I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!"