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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift 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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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.
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The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your 'civilization'.
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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.
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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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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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If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.
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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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I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome.
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