My advice to every one expecting to go into business is to hit often and hit hard; in other words, strike with all your might.

I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.

The girls and women of our race must not be afraid to take hold of business endeavor and, by patient industry, close economy, determined effort and close application to business, wring success out of a number of business opportunities that lie at their very doors.

If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard.

There is no royal flower strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for whatever success I have attained has been the result of much hard work and many sleepless nights.

I feel that I am in a business that is a credit to the womanhood of our race.

If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard.

I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations.