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An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
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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Booker Taliaferro Washington
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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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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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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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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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...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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We must reinforce argument with results.
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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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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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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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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.
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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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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.
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Do not do that which others can do as well.
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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
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A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.
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There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
Booker T. Washington
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
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Character is power.
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