Helpful Quote by Booker T. Washington

“A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.” quote by Booker T. Washington — Download Open image

“A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.”

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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

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“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”

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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions…

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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

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We must reinforce argument with results.

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Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.

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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.

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