59 result(s) for 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."
"Among a large class, there seemed to be a dependence upon the government for every conceivable thing."
"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."
"Success always leaves footprints!"
"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."
"Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles they have overcome while trying to succeed."
"There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple, and useful life."
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"Merit, not wealth, makes the man."
"My whole life has largely been one of surprises."
"I do not believe that any man can adequately appreciate the world of to-day unless he has some knowledge of the world of the past."
"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts."
"The world is suffering today from a leadership famine."
"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."
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."
"Opportunities never come to those who wait... they are captured by those who dare to attack."
"Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed."
"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts."
"Success is not measured by the heights one attains, but by the obstacles one overcomes in its attainment."
"I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him."
"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 these privileges."
"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."
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"In all things that are purely social, we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress."
"Success waits for no one. Get up, get out, and go get it."
"I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed."
"Every great man of today was a boy who refused to quit."
"The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least."
"It is to keep half of the world low and half high—only to keep some men on top and some men at the bottom."
"Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him."
"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."
"We can best help others to help themselves by standing for a sturdy independence."
"Cast down your bucket where you are."
"Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top."
"I let no man drag me down so low as to hate him."
"A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority."
"A man cannot be made whole until he fixes what is broken inside him."
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"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."
"Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but by the obstacles he has overcome."
"No greater service can be rendered to any country than to add a useful plant to its culture."
"You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals."
"Education empowers a person to become a leader who is willing to move forward when facing challenges."
"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."
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
"Success always leaves footprints."
"Character, not circumstances, makes the man."
"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him."
"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."
"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."
"At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence."
"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."
"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become."
"Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred."
"Character is power."
"The happiest people are those who do the most for others."
"The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race."
"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."
"My experience is that there is, I think, a solution for every problem."
"Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company."
"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."
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