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No one can degrade us except ourselves.

Booker T. Washington

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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
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There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from 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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Learning Life Prosperity Way Yourself
Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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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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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.
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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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Angel Hate Positive
A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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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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We must reinforce argument with results.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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