An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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.
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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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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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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 man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.
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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
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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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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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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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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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If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
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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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