Civilization Quote 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,…

— 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.…

— Booker T. Washington

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

— 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…

— Booker T. Washington

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Booker T. Washington

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

— Booker T. Washington

We must reinforce argument with results.

— 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.

— Booker T. Washington

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

— Booker T. Washington