If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONEach one should remember there is a chance for him.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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And that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.
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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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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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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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Success always leaves footprints.
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The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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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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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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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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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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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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