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If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of all denominations in America has done during the last 35 years for the elevation of the black man would have made me a Christian.

Booker T. Washington

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Character is power.
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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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I 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.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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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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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one’s self up is to help someone else.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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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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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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Each one should remember there is a chance for 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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The circumstances that surround a man’s life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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