I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.
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The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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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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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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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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Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
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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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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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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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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
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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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