Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIn any country, regardless of what its laws say, wherever people act upon the idea that the disadvantage of one man is the good of another, there slavery exists.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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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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Even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.
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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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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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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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Do not do that which others can do as well.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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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Character is power.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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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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We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
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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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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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