One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe 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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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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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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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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And that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.
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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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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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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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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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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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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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Character is power.
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