I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAn inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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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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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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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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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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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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Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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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Do not do that which others can do as well.
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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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