Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONGreat 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.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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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 is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come
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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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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking.
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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.
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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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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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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
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