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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.
Booker T. Washington
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Booker T. Washington
Age: 59 †
Born: 1856
Born: April 5
Died: 1915
Died: November 14
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In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
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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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The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern States of America, even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.
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Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.
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We don't just borrow words on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
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I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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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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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
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In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
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You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice, for nothing else makes one so blind and narrow.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.
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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker... there is no escape... people drag others or lift others up.
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We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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