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title: "3 Unfortunate Quotes By Booker T. Washington"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/i-pity-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart-any-nation-or-body-of-people-that/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

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> [I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/i-pity-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart-any-individual-who-is-so/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

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> [Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/great-men-cultivate-love-and-only-little-men-cherish-a-spirit-of/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

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## Other authors on Unfortunate

## More by Booker T. Washington

> [“There are some things that one individual can do for another, and there are some things that one race can do for another. But,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/there-are-some-things-that-one-individual-can-do-for-another-and/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/think-about-it-we-went-into-slavery-pagans-we-came-out-christians-we/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/i-let-no-man-drag-me-down-so-low-as-to-make-me-hate-him/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/the-wisest-among-my-race-understand-that-agitations-of-social/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/i-began-learning-long-ago-that-those-who-are-happiest-are-those-who/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/if-you-truly-want-to-measure-the-success-of-a-man-you-do-not-measure/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/the-time-will-come-when-the-negro-in-the-south-will-be-accorded-all/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [“Kada smo u kontaktu sa drugim čovekom, mi mu ili pomažemo ili smetamo. Nema trećeg: ili ga vučemo na dole, ili ga izvlačimo na…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/kada-smo-u-kontaktu-sa-drugim-ovekom-mi-mu-ili-poma-emo-ili-smetamo/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/excellence-is-to-do-a-common-thing-in-an-uncommon-way/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [We must reinforce argument with results.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/we-must-reinforce-argument-with-results/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/mere-connection-with-what-is-known-as-a-superior-race-will-not/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/no-race-that-has-anything-to-contribute-to-the-markets-of-the-world/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/the-highest-test-of-the-civilization-of-any-race-is-in-its/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern States of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/the-negro-is-not-the-man-farthest-down-the-condition-of-the-coloured/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

> [“it takes no more time to be polite to every one than it does to be rude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington/it-takes-no-more-time-to-be-polite-to-every-one-than-it-does-to-be/)

[Booker T. Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington/)

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