Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI 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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In any country, regardless of what its laws say, wherever people act upon the idea that the disadvantage of one man is the good of another, there slavery exists.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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 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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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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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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We must not only become reliable, progressive, skillful and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all forms of labor, whether with the hand or head, are honorable.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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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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