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
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONA 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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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbor, I would say ‘Cast down your bucket where you are.’
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Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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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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It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
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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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Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
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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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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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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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Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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