Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Quote by Booker T Washington

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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...

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...

Character is power.

Character is power.

We must reinforce argument with results.

We must reinforce argument with results.

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...

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 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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

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...