It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe must reinforce argument with results.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
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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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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
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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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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.
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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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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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No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
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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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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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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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