Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNo race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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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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Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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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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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of all denominations in America has done during the last 35 years for the elevation of the black man would have made me a Christian.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
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