Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONProgress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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 thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
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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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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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The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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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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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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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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Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.
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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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