No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
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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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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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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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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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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.
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Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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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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In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
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