No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple...

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple...

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must...

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must...

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than...

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the...

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the...

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end,...

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end,...

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up...

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple...

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead...

Character is power.

Character is power.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard...

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard...

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the...

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the...