"America doesn't respect anything but money. What our people need is a few millionaires."

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

"I believe in the beauty of all women, and I want to help them realize it."

"Lift others as you climb."

"My object in life is not simply to make money for myself, but to use my money and influence for the uplift of my race."