There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThere is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONCharacter is power.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNever let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAn inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONGreat men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONA race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONSuccess waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONSuccess 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYou can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAnd 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAn ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONHolding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI think I have learned that the best way to lift one’s self up is to help someone else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONA sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONStart where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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