Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort
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.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one’s self up is to help someone else.
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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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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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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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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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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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