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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONMany 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.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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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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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come
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Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker… there is no escape… people drag others or lift others up.
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I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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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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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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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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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 waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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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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