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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Booker T. Washington

Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

God Guide Law Nature Progress Star
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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Learning Measurement Myself Position Success
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
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Life Measurement Obstacle Success Yourself
Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
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Growth Law Man Stop
There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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Development Exception High Intelligence Security
The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
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Guide Himself Necessary Position
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Ignorance Narrow Rise Selfish
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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Capture Determination Patience Strength Success
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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Hate Man Myself Permit
If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome.
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Achievement Himself Man Measurement Position Success True
Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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Chance Himself Remember
In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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Generosity Himself Preparation Service
The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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Feeling Oneself Right Time
It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.
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Exercise Important Preparation Privilege Right
The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
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Civilization Fortunate Hands Help Race Test Willing
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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Architect Build Discussion Home Sight Strong
Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

College Education Errors Man Religion Woman
The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your ‘civilization’.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Civilization Live Problem Question Study
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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Head Heart Ignorance Knowledge Skills Training Yourself
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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Color Hate Himself Man Soul
Remember that everyone’s life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.
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Life Measurement Power Remember World
Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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Devotion Foundation Independence Leadership Politics
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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Earth Influence Life Power Simplicity
In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
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Best Different History Race Willing World
Great 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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Cherish Cultivation Greatness Love Strong Weakness
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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Character Circumstance Man
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Compassionate Generosity Happiness

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