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Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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."

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.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure."

The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.




Booker T. Washington Quotes: "We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers."

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity."

A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.




Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood."

Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts."

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams."

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.




Booker T. Washington Quotes: "One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him."

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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."

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.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward."

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "In proportion as one renders service he becomes great."

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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."

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.




Booker T. Washington Quotes: "It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges."

It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else."

A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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."

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.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother."

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "We must reinforce argument with results."

We must reinforce argument with results.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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."

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.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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."

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.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him."

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him."

You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build."

The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow."

I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Don't ever let them pull you down so low as to hate them. (also cited as: I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.)"

Don't ever let them pull you down so low as to hate them. (also cited as: I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.)



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up."

There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction."

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself."

It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth."

Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Each one should remember there is a chance for him."

Each one should remember there is a chance for him.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him."

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Do not do that which others can do as well."

Do not do that which others can do as well.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "My whole life has largely been one of surprises."

My whole life has largely been one of surprises.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up."

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances."

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized."

No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are."

We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him."

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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."

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.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him."

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome trying to succeed."

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome trying to succeed.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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."

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.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him."

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.



Booker T. Washington Quotes: "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 overcome while trying to succeed."

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 overcome while trying to succeed.