A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONWe shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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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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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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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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I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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Character is power.
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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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There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
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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 always leaves footprints.
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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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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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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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