More Quotes by Booker T. Washington
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.
Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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.
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.
