More Quotes by Booker T. Washington
Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
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.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred
I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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.
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
