Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe must reinforce argument with results.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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Those 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.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
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Character is power.
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The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your ‘civilization’.
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In 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.
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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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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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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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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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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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The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your ‘civilization’.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
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