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Black-belt diamonds;

gems from the speeches, addresses, and talks to students of Booker T. Washington ...
  
  
  
  

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"Time and Tide Wait for no Man"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

"Time and Tide Wait for no Man"

Opportunities never come a second time,
nor do they bide our leisure. The years come
to us but once, and swiftly pass away, bearing


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the ineffaceable record we have put upon them.
If we make them beautiful years, we must do
it moment by moment as they glide before us.

Heroes in Common Life.