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.
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.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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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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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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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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I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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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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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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Success always leaves footprints.
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