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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.

Booker T. Washington

Character is power.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Character Country People
We must reinforce argument with results.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Argument Country People Results
Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Family Inspiration Success
Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those…who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Calm Greatest Patient Possession Self
My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Life Oneself Surprise
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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Down Man One Remaining
Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color.
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Hate Men Race
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Learning Measurement Myself Position Success
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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Capture Determination Patience Strength Success
Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Cherish Cultivation Greatness Love Strong Weakness
The 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. WASHINGTON

Determination Men Success
I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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Hate Himself Low Man Myself
Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Cherish Cultivation Greatness Hate Love Spirit
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Happiness Less Misery People
My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Become Life Surprise Whole
I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Body Heart People

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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