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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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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.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
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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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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
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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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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
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Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
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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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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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