There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONIt is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.
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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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I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of all denominations in America has done during the last 35 years for the elevation of the black man would have made me a Christian.
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Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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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.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
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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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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.
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Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker… there is no escape… people drag others or lift others up.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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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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