I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Quote by Booker T Washington

Topics: Success Quotes

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

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

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 is power.

Character is power.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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...