The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNo greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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It 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.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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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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You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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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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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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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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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
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You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.
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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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We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
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The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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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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We must reinforce argument with results.
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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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