Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONMen may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThere is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONFew things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONSuccess is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONPolitical activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIn proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONDignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONLay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONCharacter, not circumstances, makes the man.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThere is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONMy whole life has largely been one of surprises.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYou must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIt is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON