It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONDo not do that which others can do as well.
More Booker T. Washington Quotes
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
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Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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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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Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.
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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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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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I believe that any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
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The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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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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