More Quotes by Booker T. Washington
An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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.
Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens. We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.
