No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONDecide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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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.
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I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.
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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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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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