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.

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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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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

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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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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

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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.

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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

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

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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

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