I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONAnd that out of this very resistance to wrong, out of the struggle against odds, they have gained strength, self-confidence, and experience which they could not have gained in any other way.
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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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The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
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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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I believe that my race will succeed in proportion as it learns to do a common thing in an uncommon manner; learns to do a thing so thoroughly that no one can improve upon what it has done; learns to make its services of indispensable value.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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In any country, regardless of what its laws say, wherever people act upon the idea that the disadvantage of one man is the good of another, there slavery exists.
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Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
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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 power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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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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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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