Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONProgress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe circumstances that surround a man’s life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThose who have accomplished the greatest results are those…who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIf 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONCharacter, not circumstances, makes the man.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe must reinforce argument with results.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIn 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONProgress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNo race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIf 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONGreat men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNo 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON