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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Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed ― Booker T. Washington

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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. ― Booker T. Washington

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Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead they should try to get their people to think more highly of themselves. It's wonderful when the people believe in their leader. It's more wonderful when the leader believes in their people! You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.

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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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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

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I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back. — Malala Yousafzai

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