The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNo man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
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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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Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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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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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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I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.
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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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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
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At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
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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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