"I have learned that success is to be……" — Booker T. Washington
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to 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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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
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You must change in order to survive.
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I do consider myself part of black history.
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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
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Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain…
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Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your…
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
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They oughtta change Black History Month to Black Progress Month and start measuring it.
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This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the…
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Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel…
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