No one can degrade us except ourselves.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONCharacter, not circumstances, makes the man.
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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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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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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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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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The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
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You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
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The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
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It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.
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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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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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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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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
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The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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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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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
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I 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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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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I 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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