In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIn all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONSuccess is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONStart where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAn inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWhenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker… there is no escape… people drag others or lift others up.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIf you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONSuccess waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONDignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONCharacter is power.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONProgress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONI do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe 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.
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. WASHINGTONThe longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONSuccess is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come
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