Character is power.
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I will permit no man to narrow
Booker T. WashingtonYou measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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Among a large class, there seemed to be a dependence upon the government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class had little ambition to create a position for themselves, but wanted the federal officials to create one for them. How many times I wished then and have often wished since, that by some power of magic, I might remove the great bulk of these people into the country districts and plant them upon the soil – upon the solid and never deceptive foundation of Mother Nature, where all nations and races that have ever succeeded have gotten their start – a start that at first may be slow and toilsome, but one that nevertheless is real.
Booker T. WashingtonNo white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.
Booker T. WashingtonI would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. WashingtonIt means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.
Booker T. WashingtonGreat 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.
Booker T. WashingtonThe happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
Booker T. WashingtonThe thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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