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.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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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...

Character is power.

Character is power.

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...

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of...

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position...

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position...

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Successful people turn everyone who can help them into sometime mentors!

Successful people turn everyone who can help them into sometime mentors!