Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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And that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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Success always leaves footprints.
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Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.
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Wherever, in any country the whole people feel that the happiness of all is dependent upon the happiness of the weakest, there freedom exists.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
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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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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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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker… there is no escape… people drag others or lift others up.
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