We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe must reinforce argument with results.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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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 ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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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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We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
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Wherever, in any country the whole people feel that the happiness of all is dependent upon the happiness of the weakest, there freedom exists.
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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public.
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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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No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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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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