An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONOne man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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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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Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.
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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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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with 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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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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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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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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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one’s self up is to help someone else.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.
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