All Booker T. Washington Quotes
- If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother. Attention
- There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they… Certain
- In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the… Any
- Every person who has grown to any degree of usefulness, every person who has grown to distinction, almost without exception has been a person who… Almost Without
- The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the… Adverse
- In proportion as one renders service he becomes great. Becomes
- The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate. Any
- Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control. Complete
- I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for… Any
- A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up. Individual
- A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity. Close
- Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker... there is no escape... people drag others or lift others up. Drag
- I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else. Best
- Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If… Art
- The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that… Actual
- Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to… All
- A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else. Helping
- I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking. I do not believe… Audience
- No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. Any
- I never liked the atmosphere of Washington . I early saw that it was impossible to build up a race of which the leaders were… Atmosphere