Education Quote by Booker T. Washington

“the surest way to success in education, and in any other line for that matter, is to stick close to the common and familiar things — things that concern the greater part of the people the greater part of the time.” quote by Booker T. Washington — Download Open image

““the surest way to success in education, and in any other line for that matter, is to stick close to the common and familiar things — things that concern the greater part of the people the greater part of the time.””

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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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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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