A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONProgress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
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Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
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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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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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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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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
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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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Character is power.
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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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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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The circumstances that surround a man’s life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.
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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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Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.
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The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
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