An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNo white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.
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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 circumstances that surround a man’s life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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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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Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
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Each one should remember there is a chance for him.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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