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More Quotes by Booker T. Washington
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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.
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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.
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.
Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come
I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
