Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
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Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSLiberty for all; chains for none.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSA man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSWe may explain success mainly by one word and that word is work.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSFreedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSOnce you learn to read, you will be forever free.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSYou have to take power. No one gives it.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe opposite of compromise is character.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe soul that is within me no man can degrade.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSKnowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThe mind does not take its complexion from the skin.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSNo man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSMan’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSI would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSPraying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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