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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.

Booker T. Washington

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You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
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Body Heart People
Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.
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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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No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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Do not do that which others can do as well.
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Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.
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It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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