You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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…those who are guilty of such sweeping criticisms [of the rich] do not know how many people would be made poor, and how much sufering would result, if wealthy people were to part all at once with any large proportion of their wealth in a way to disorganize and cripple great business enterprises.
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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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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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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.
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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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Remember that everyone’s life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.
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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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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.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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