Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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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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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come
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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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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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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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Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
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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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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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