Character is power.

Quote by Booker T Washington

Topics: Booker T Washington Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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