We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.
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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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Success always leaves footprints.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
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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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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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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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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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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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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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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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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
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Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
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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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We must reinforce argument with results.
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