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An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
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 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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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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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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Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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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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The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
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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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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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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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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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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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We must reinforce argument with results.
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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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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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...those who are guilty of such sweeping criticisms [of the rich] do not know how many people would be made poor, and how much sufering would result, if wealthy people were to part all at once with any large proportion of their wealth in a way to disorganize and cripple great business enterprises.
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You can't hold a man down without staying down with 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 individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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