In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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.
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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 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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We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.
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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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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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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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I 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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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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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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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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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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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
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Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
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