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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate...

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate...

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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

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

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 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 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...

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

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

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

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

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive...

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...