Booker T. Washington quotes - page 2

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. (Booker T. Washington)
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness. View quote
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. View quote
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Success always leaves footprints. View quote
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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. View quote
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We must reinforce argument with results. View quote
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At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence. View quote
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The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women. View quote
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Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top. View quote
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You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals. View quote
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star. (Booker T. Washington)
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race. View quote
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The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it. View quote
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I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done. View quote
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If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams. View quote
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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood. View quote
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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. View quote
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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. View quote
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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. View quote
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises. View quote
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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. (Booker T. Washington)
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him. View quote
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The world cares very little what you or I know, but it does care a great deal about what you or I do. View quote
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I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak. View quote
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The unprecedented leap the Negro made when freed from the oppressing withes of bondage is more than deserving of a high place in history. It can never be chronicled. The world needs to know of what mettle these people are built. View quote
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