The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.
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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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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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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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
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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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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
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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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We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
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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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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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I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
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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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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.
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