Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
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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You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your ‘civilization’.
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Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.
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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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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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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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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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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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…those who are guilty of such sweeping criticisms [of the rich] do not know how many people would be made poor, and how much sufering would result, if wealthy people were to part all at once with any large proportion of their wealth in a way to disorganize and cripple great business enterprises.
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One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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