Booker T. Washington
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
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The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
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I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
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The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
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You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker… there is no escape… people drag others or lift others up.
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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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Even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.
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