An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONCharacter, not circumstances, makes the man.
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We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
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Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.
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It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.
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Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered.
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The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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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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Even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.
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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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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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Character is power.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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Do not do that which others can do as well.
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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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