Our life is made by the death of others. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. ― Booker T. Washington

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The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy. ― 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.

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One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing, is what we do for others. — Lewis Carroll

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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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Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

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The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved. ― Mother Teresa

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Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always know nothing of it.

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I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed. ― Booker T. Washington

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