You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONOf all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color.
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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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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Many strikes and similar disturbances might be avoided if the employers would cultivate the habit of getting nearer to their employees, of consulting and advising with them, and letting them feel that the interests of the two are the same.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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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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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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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome.
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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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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.
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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
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Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color.
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I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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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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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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