In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONFew things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
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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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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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I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.
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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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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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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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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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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