Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIt means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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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And that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.
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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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The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate 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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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.
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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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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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