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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONStart where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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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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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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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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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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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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