Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” — 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, but by… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
