One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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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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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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The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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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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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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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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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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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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