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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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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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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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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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Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too.
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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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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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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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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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