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No one can degrade us except ourselves.

Booker T. Washington

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Himself Hold Man
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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Best Different History Race Willing World
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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Men Overcoming Want
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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Character Circumstances Men
We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.
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Clanking Country Hands Want
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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Accomplishment Goal Measurement Obstacle Reach
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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Leadership Life Power
Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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Country Ignorance People States
Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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Generosity Help Hold Kindness
An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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Abstraction Application Practical
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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Cherish Cultivation Greatness Love Strong Weakness
Remember that everyone’s life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.
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Life Measurement Power Remember World
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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Character Men Skill
We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
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Brother Color Man
I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Affirmation Learning Myself Thinking
Character is power.
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Character Country People

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