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Character is power.

Booker T. Washington

I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
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Body Heart People
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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Care Count Man Woman World
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Ignorance Narrow Rise Selfish
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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Country Individual People Race World
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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Hold Hurt Oneself Person
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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Himself Hold Man
My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Become Life Surprise Whole
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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Long Running World
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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Accomplishment Goal Measurement Obstacle Reach
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Compassion Happiness Helping Others
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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Learning Measurement Myself Position Success
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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Civilization Fortunate Hands Help Race Test Willing
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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Character Circumstances Men
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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Cherish Cultivation Greatness Love Strong Weakness
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
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Humility Karma Life
Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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Cost Education Ignorance Price State

Character is power.

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