There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.” — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“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
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else. — 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
