There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYou can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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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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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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Success always leaves footprints.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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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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In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
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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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I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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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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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
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Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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Character is power.
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