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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAt the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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Character is power.
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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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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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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color.
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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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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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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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