“Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed” — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“the surest way to success in education, and in any other line for that matter, is to stick close to the common… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Every person who has grown to any degree of usefulness, every person who has grown to distinction, almost without exception has been… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved,… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“Success is not to be measured so much by the status one has attained in life but rather by the obstacles one… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“There are some things that one individual can do for another, and there are some things that one race can do for another. But,… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
“Kada smo u kontaktu sa drugim čovekom, mi mu ili pomažemo ili smetamo. Nema trećeg: ili ga vučemo na dole, ili ga izvlačimo na… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
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 Copy Share
No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern States of… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
“it takes no more time to be polite to every one than it does to be rude.” — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
