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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Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
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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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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
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At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
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Character is power.
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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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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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No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
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Success always leaves footprints.
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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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