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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Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred

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

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There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.

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

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

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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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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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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.

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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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