Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONProgress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYears 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
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThere is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIt often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONDignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIt is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.
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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYou must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON