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More Quotes by Booker T. Washington
I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
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.
Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
