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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.
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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Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead they should try to get their people to think more highly of themselves. It's wonderful when the people believe in their leader. It's more wonderful when the leader believes in their people! You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
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I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim Do not get others to do what you can do yourself. My motto on the other hand is Do not do that which others can do as well.
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The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
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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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From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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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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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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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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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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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.
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The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
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Do not do that which others can do as well.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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