Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONHolding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
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I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking.
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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one’s self up is to help someone else.
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In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
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It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.
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Character is power.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.
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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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Many strikes and similar disturbances might be avoided if the employers would cultivate the habit of getting nearer to their employees, of consulting and advising with them, and letting them feel that the interests of the two are the same.
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Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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