The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it. ― Booker T. Washington

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

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Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. ― Willaim Lyon Phelps

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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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You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. ― Booker T. Washington

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The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting this and are willing to pay for such talents. – Antos Parrish

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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

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The most important thing in the world is family and love. – John Wooden

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There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.

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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

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