Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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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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Success 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.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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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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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
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I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking.
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Educated 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.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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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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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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