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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.


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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.

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.



There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.



Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.



Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.



I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.



If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.



The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.



Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come



Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.



We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.





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Society is what beats me. Alone I can be pretty good, but let me go among people and there’s the devil to pay.

Society is what beats me. Alone I can be pretty good, but let me go among people and there’s the devil to pay.



Many today view love and doctrine as enemies, or at best as rivals.

Many today view love and doctrine as enemies, or at best as rivals.



Flowers are made to bloom in the sun and not to be shut up in an apron.

Flowers are made to bloom in the sun and not to be shut up in an apron.



My fight is not for racial sameness but for racial equality and against racial prejudice and discrimination.

My fight is not for racial sameness but for racial equality and against racial prejudice and discrimination.



I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it's understanding of being human.

I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it's understanding of being human.



Just like a mountain goat climbing very steep and dangerous land to lick salt from the rocks, man also should take high risks to get what he wants!

Just like a mountain goat climbing very steep and dangerous land to lick salt from the rocks, man also should take high risks to get what he wants!



If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house.

If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house.



All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.

All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.



When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.

When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.




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