The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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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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It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.
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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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It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.
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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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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker… there is no escape… people drag others or lift others up.
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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
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We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
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