Booker T. Washington Quotes

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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 overcome while trying to succeed.
— Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery

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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. - Booker T. Washington quote.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
— Booker T. Washington
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. - Booker T. Washington quote.
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
— Booker T. Washington

charity

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction. - Booker T. Washington quote.
An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.
— Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington and the Negro’s Place in American Life
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. - Booker T. Washington quote.
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
— Booker T. Washington

enemies

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. - Booker T. Washington quote.
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
— Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery

happiness

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man. - Booker T. Washington quote.
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
— Booker T. Washington

hate

There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. - Booker T. Washington quote.
There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
— Booker T. Washington

work labor

I permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. - Booker T. Washington quote.
I permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
— Booker T. Washington

hate

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. - Booker T. Washington quote.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
— Booker T. Washington

anger hate

The world cares very little about what a man knows; it is what a man is able to do that counts. - Booker T. Washington quote.
The world cares very little about what a man knows; it is what a man is able to do that counts.
— Booker T. Washington
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. - Booker T. Washington quote.
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
— Booker T. Washington

freedom society oppression

No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling the field as in writing the poem. - Booker T. Washington quote.
No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling the field as in writing the poem.
— Booker T. Washington
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. - Booker T. Washington quote.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
— Booker T. Washington The Atlanta Exposition

race dignity

I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. - Booker T. Washington quote.
I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
— Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery

hate

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him. - Booker T. Washington quote.
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.
— Booker T. Washington

parenting helping others

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts. - Booker T. Washington quote.
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
— Booker T. Washington
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington quote.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
— Booker T. Washington

success

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. - Booker T. Washington quote.
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.
— Booker T. Washington
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. - Booker T. Washington quote.
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.
— Booker T. Washington
I have observed that those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient, and polite. - Booker T. Washington quote.
I have observed that those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient, and polite.
— Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery

self-control

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
— Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

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