I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYou must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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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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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
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Character is power.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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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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Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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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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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
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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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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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