You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.
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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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Success always leaves footprints.
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There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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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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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
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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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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
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I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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Character is power.
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Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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