We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNo 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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Success 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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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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Character is power.
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The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.
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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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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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Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
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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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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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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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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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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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Success always leaves footprints.
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