Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. – Mahatma Gandhi

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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.

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Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

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No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.

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Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.

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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least. ― Booker T. Washington

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There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. ― Booker T. Washington

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Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company. ― Booker T. Washington

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