Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.
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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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The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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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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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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Success always leaves footprints.
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In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
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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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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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And that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.
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