The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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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.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to...

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to...

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...

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

Character is power.

Character is power.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let...

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let...

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...

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...

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...

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling...

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling...

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

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...

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that...

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that...

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

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

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do...

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do...