Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThose who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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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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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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Do not do that which others can do as well.
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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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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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Character is power.
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No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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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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Character is power.
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I believe that my race will succeed in proportion as it learns to do a common thing in an uncommon manner; learns to do a thing so thoroughly that no one can improve upon what it has done; learns to make its services of indispensable value.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.
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I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
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