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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

Booker T. Washington

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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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Christian Men Years
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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Exception Hard Work Result Worth
Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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Law Progress Stars
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Compassion Happiness Helping Others
Do not do that which others can do as well.
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Happen Life Other Wells
An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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Abstraction Application Practical
We must reinforce argument with results.
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Argument Country People Results
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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Growth Law Man Stop
Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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Cherish Cultivation Greatness Hate Love Spirit
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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Inspirational Inspiring Success
It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.
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Courage Rebel Silence Suffering
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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Education Independence Race
The 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.
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Circumstance Determination Factor Failure Important Life Man Success Surround
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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End Himself Race Regard Willing World
Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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Grief Opportunity Ourselves Shadow
No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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Degrade Positive Positivity

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