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. WASHINGTONYou must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
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Wherever, in any country the whole people feel that the happiness of all is dependent upon the happiness of the weakest, there freedom exists.
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The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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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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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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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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Success always leaves footprints.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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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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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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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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I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking.
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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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