"I have begun everything with the idea that……" — Booker T. Washington
"I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed."
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102 Quotes by Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington has 102 quotes on this site.
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If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
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There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as…
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In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous…
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Every person who has grown to any degree of usefulness, every person who has grown to distinction, almost without exception…
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The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in…
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the…
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Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit…
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A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.
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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it…
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Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker... there is no escape... people drag others or lift…
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To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament…
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The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.
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That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.
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In the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune.
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