Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAt the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
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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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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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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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I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
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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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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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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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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
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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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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public.
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If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of all denominations in America has done during the last 35 years for the elevation of the black man would have made me a Christian.
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Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered.
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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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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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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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