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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.
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If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome.
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I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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Success always leaves footprints.
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We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
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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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You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
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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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON