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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONSuccess 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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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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The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
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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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If 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.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
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Character is power.
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Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort
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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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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.
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Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.
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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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You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.
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In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
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We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
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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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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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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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No 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.
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