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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.

Booker T. Washington

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Inspirational Success Uplifting
From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
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Freedom Ideas Return Slavery
We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Beat Borrow Language Occasion Vocabulary Word
Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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Bottom Common Labor
I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking.
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Believe Health Heart
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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Poem Prosperity Race Writing
Character is power.
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Character Country People
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
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Inspirational Knowledge Wisdom
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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Determination Waiting
Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
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Carry Connection Race Superior Worth
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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Brother Color Man
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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Country Individual People Race World
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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Hate Man Myself Permit
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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Best Different History Race Willing World
I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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Hate Himself Low Man Myself
Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Generosity Help Hold Kindness

A 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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A 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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