Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONLay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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. WASHINGTONThere are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONDecide 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNever let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONMy whole life has largely been one of surprises.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIf you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAn inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe must reinforce argument with results.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONMere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONStart where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONEducated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONOne man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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