An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAn ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONLeaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe must reinforce argument with results.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYou must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe must not only become reliable, progressive, skillful and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all forms of labor, whether with the hand or head, are honorable.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIt means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIf you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONMere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONExcellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI 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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONCharacter, not circumstances, makes the man.
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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONNever let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYears 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
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONSuccess waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIt means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON