If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONGreat men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
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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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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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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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Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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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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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
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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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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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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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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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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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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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