No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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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...

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,...

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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

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

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

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

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers,...

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers,...

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

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.

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...

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of...

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of...

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...

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

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...

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...

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 don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to...

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to...

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.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is...

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is...

Be around the people you want to be like, because you will be like the...

Be around the people you want to be like, because you will be like the...

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.