More Quotes by Booker T. Washington
Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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.
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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.
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.
Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come
Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
