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There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
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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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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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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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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You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
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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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A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
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Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
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Many strikes and similar disturbances might be avoided if the employers would cultivate the habit of getting nearer to their employees, of consulting and advising with them, and letting them feel that the interests of the two are the same.
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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.
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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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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.
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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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If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of all denominations in America has done during the last 35 years for the elevation of the black man would have made me a Christian.
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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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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.
Booker T. Washington
An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
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Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come
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