A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
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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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We must reinforce argument with results.
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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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Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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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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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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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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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.
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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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The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your ‘civilization’.
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