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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONA life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
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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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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
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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Success always leaves footprints.
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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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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
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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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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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In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
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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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You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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