An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYou can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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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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If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
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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 all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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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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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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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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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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…those who are guilty of such sweeping criticisms [of the rich] do not know how many people would be made poor, and how much sufering would result, if wealthy people were to part all at once with any large proportion of their wealth in a way to disorganize and cripple great business enterprises.
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No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.
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Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
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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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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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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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