I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIf you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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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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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
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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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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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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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I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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Many strikes and similar disturbances might be avoided if the employers would cultivate the habit of getting nearer to their employees, of consulting and advising with them, and letting them feel that the interests of the two are the same.
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No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.
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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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