Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
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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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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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.
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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you’ve over come.
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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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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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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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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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