The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIn 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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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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…those who are guilty of such sweeping criticisms [of the rich] do not know how many people would be made poor, and how much sufering would result, if wealthy people were to part all at once with any large proportion of their wealth in a way to disorganize and cripple great business enterprises.
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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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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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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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It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
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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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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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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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