There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.

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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.

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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

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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.

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

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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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No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.

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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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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

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