Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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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.
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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
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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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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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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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Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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’.
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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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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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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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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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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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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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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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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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